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Combining liquid biopsies and PET-CT for early cancer detection

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A simple blood test performed alongside PET-CT imaging facilitates early cancer detection in asymptomatic women.

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Fig. 1: A liquid-biopsy test was assessed in a cohort of women with no history of cancer in the DETECT-A study.

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  1. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

    Stephen Q. Wong & Sarah-Jane Dawson

  2. The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Stephen Q. Wong & Sarah-Jane Dawson

  3. Centre for Cancer Research, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Sarah-Jane Dawson

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Wong, S.Q., Dawson, SJ. Combining liquid biopsies and PET-CT for early cancer detection. Nat Med 26, 1010–1011 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0970-9

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