A Blood Test Could Soon Tell If You Have THESE Cancers

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At this point1in cancer science, we can see cancer cells "crawling" through tumors...

We can see them with crisp detail at the single cell level...

This is a breast cancer cell.

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And we can even map out the DNA of these cancer cells.

But finding a way to put cancer in its place has still been incredibly tough.

Hope does seem to be on the horizon though when it comes to easy, wide-reaching cancer-screening tests. You won't believe how many of the major cancers that it may be able to detect.

Lung cancer.

Another form of cancer that appear to be detected by these blood screening tests, this form of cancer will kill approximately 158,000 people in the United States in 2016.

Colon cancer.

US President Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1985, but luckily survived after two feet of his colon was surgically removed. The American Cancer Society estimates that over 95,000 people will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year.

Stomach cancer.

This form of cancer has killed many notable people in history, including John Wayne, Mr. Rogers, and Napoleon Bonaparte.

Endometrial cancers.

This type of cancer affects the lining in the uterus and will kill more than 10,000 women this year. This type of cancer killed US President Barack Obama's mother, Ann Dunham.

Scientists were reportedly ecstatic about the discovery, as it provides a new way to scan your blood for certain cancers.

Biologist Laura Elnitski at the US National Human Genome Research Institute led the research team that identified the gene that will be useful in developing preventative screening tests. The research was published in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics.

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