How to Test For Cancer, Even Without a Tumor Sample

<p>Our body seems stable, but every day, some of our cells die and get replaced. This growth and replacement is necessary for our survival &mdash; but sometimes, cell instructions get screwed up to the point that the cell keeps on growing, out of control, dividing and spreading.</p> <p>This &mdash; the unwanted overgrowth of our body&rsquo;s own cells &mdash; is cancer.</p> <p>And doctors may soon have a new and powerful weapon to spot it, early, without ever needing to find a swollen clump of the out-of-control cells. That clump is a tumor, and they take a while to form, which gives cancer more time to spread throughout our body.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/a-microbiome-scientist-at-large/how-to-test-for-cancer-even-without-a-tumor-sample-70190452545b"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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