{"id":149690,"date":"2022-11-08T09:22:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T15:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/this-single-blood-test-can-detect-multiple-kinds-of-cancer-early"},"modified":"2022-11-08T09:22:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T15:22:20","slug":"this-single-blood-test-can-detect-multiple-kinds-of-cancer-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/this-single-blood-test-can-detect-multiple-kinds-of-cancer-early","title":{"rendered":"This Single Blood Test Can Detect Multiple Kinds of Cancer Early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yb4S4hi0Muw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Detecting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/cancer\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\">cancer<\/a> early before it spreads throughout the body can be lifesaving. This is why doctors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org\/uspstf\/recommendation-topics\/uspstf-a-and-b-recommendations\">recommend regular screening<\/a> for several common cancer types, using a variety of methods.<\/p>\n<p>Colonoscopies, for example, screen for colon cancer, while mammograms screen for breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>While important, getting all these tests done can be logistically challenging, expensive, and sometimes uncomfortable for patients. But what if a single blood test could screen for most common cancer types all at once?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detecting cancer early before it spreads throughout the body can be lifesaving. This is why doctors recommend regular screening for several common cancer types, using a variety of methods. Colonoscopies, for example, screen for colon cancer, while mammograms screen for breast cancer. While important, getting all these tests done can be logistically challenging, expensive, and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}