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en medicine en multi-cancer early detection.
en 2023-05-17 Jamie Smyth Quick blood tests to spot cancer: will they help or harm patients? w:Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/b5aaa6a9-a5a9-44a4-a57e-5ad69babcd7b Caro is among a pioneering group of people in the US and UK who have elected to take part in a new form of cancer screening known as multi-cancer early detection tests (MCED). Critics of MCEDs also warn that a deluge of test results could put additional pressure on already overstretched health services.