Imagine if, instead of painful and invasive tissue biopsies of solid tumors, all that a physician needed was a 10 mL blood sample (about a tablespoon’s worth) to diagnose cancer, inform treatment decisions, or monitor the response of a tumor to treatment. Often, when a tumor is identified, doctors will surgically remove a piece of the tumor—that is, perform a biopsy—and subject the removed tumor … Continue reading Fingerprinting cancer with blood: blood-based biopsies bring new ease and precision to cancer screening