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Blood test reduces need for biopsy in lung cancer

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Every two minutes someone is diagnosed with lung cancer, which is currently the leading cause of cancer-related death for both men and women. She was stunned when the results came back positive for lung cancer. “I never would have thought I would get lung cancer. Raez said the results of the DNA blood test also come back faster than traditional tissue biopsy, speeding up the treatment process. While the cure rates for lung cancer are increasing so are the number of cases of the disease as the population grows.

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