For years, it has been one of the most tantalizing ideas in medicine: One day, a simple blood test will detect nascent cancers — allowing doctors to intervene when tumors may be easier to treat. A ...

U.S. guidance announced on Monday recommends self-collection of samples to test for HPV, the virus that often causes cervical ...

Want to B-positive about your health? Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a cutting-edge blood test that can detect signs of cancer three years before any symptoms surface. The breakthrough could ...

TEXAS – A new wave of blood tests is changing how doctors detect cancer. These tests can find signs of cancer early, sometimes before symptoms appear, giving patients a better chance at successful ...

Self-administered HPV tests involve inserting a plastic tube — similar to a tampon — into the vagina, then twisting the ...

Cancer continues to be one of the world's top causes of death, partly because of delayed discovery of the disease. But according to a recently released study, a simple blood test may be able to ...

The at-home tests are not yet available, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two self-swab tests from the ...

Even though I have a degree in biology, I knew little about cancer – until life gave me a crash course. In 2019, while working on my master’s degree in Huntsville, I developed severe leg pain. At ...

Using a single blood sample, multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests screen for numerous types of cancers, including breast, ovarian, colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancers. Trials are underway ...

More than 67,000 Americans are expected to be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year, but a new blood test is offering ...

A new liquid biopsy developed by researchers at the University of Chicago is offering a powerful new window into cancer’s earliest stages by flagging subtle shifts in the gut microbiome. Unlike ...