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qgin
on Feb 13, 2025
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Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before ...
NHS is evaluating it now in a trial.
https://www.nhs-galleri.org
elektor
on Feb 14, 2025
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An update on that trial:
https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q1706
It doesn't look great.
allpratik
on Feb 14, 2025
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Absolutely right! This test is hyped. It has abysmally low sensitivity of 16% to detect stage I cancers and overall 44% for cancers of other stages. It is extremely poor sensitivity for any detection test.
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