Fred Hutch leads national study on ‘multi-cancer’ blood test | HealthLink

The clinical trial will look into the effectiveness of a blood test that can detect many types of cancers at once.

SEATTLE — Doctors use blood tests to figure out cholesterol levels, blood sugar, and certain infections. But what if there’s a blood test for cancer?

The technology for a test like this has been researched for years but is still far away from being a routine way to detect cancer. There’s a lot more to learn, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle has been chosen to find out.

It’s a groundbreaking new study that could change how doctors and patients screen for

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