New blood test on a chip detects very early cancer

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This blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking

among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at

your doctor's office in the future.

Veridex and & Ortho Biotech Oncology unit will work to improve

the microchip, and will be joining forces with 4 major cancer centres to start

experimental studies in 2011. Further the test could be used diagnostically to

monitor the effects of treatments.

For CLL perhaps it would have application to detect Richter's Transformations

and secondary cancers?

Now, if they could only get rid of the bone marrow biopsy!

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40881967/ns/health-cancer/from/toolbar

~chris