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New Test Improves Detection Of Liver Cancer
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- August 9, 2007
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- VIB, Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology
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- Cancer of the liver is very difficult to detect, and it is a major cause of death in Asia and Africa, with rising incidence in Western countries. Researchers have now developed a test to detect liver cancer in early stage. A blood sample is the only requirement for the test. The test enables accurate detection of liver cancer in over 50 percent of the cases.
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Cancer of the liver is very difficult to detect, and it is a major cause of death in Asia and Africa, with rising incidence in Western countries as well.
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