New blood test could detect 20 types of cancer
新的血液测试,可以检测出20种癌症
A new blood test now under development can help detect 20 kinds of cancer, according to trials underway at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
根据达纳法伯癌症研究所正在进行的试验,目前正在开发的一种新的血液测试可以帮助检测20种癌症。
In trials, the test correctly identified 32 percent of patients with stage-one disease and 76 percent of those with stage-two disease, the institute announced.
该研究所宣布,在试验中,该测试正确识别了32%的一期疾病患者和76%的二期疾病患者。
Breast, colorectal and lung cancers were among those detected in blood samples.
血液样本中成功检出乳腺癌、结肠癌和肺癌。
The test showed an extremely low misdiagnosis rate — only 0.6 percent of healthy blood samples came back as incorrectly indicating cancer.
测试显示误诊率极低——只有0.6%的健康血液样本被误诊为癌症。