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I thought cancer comes a goes all the time, wouldn't that give a lot of people false positives and a start to the cascade of healthcare?
The article says they're detecting DNA shedding of genetic mutations. I think one example of this could be cancer caused by HPV should shed DNA that they could identify.
It's probably different but that's what I'm thinking from that line
Look up extra-cellular vesicles. This is where the magic is.