摘要
04尽管对抗癌症之战已有数十年之久,但目前仍然只有五种癌症能被筛查出来,这还不到所有癌症的三分之一。会不会有一种检验法,仅用一小瓶血液就能筛检出数十种癌症呢?遗传学和计算机技术领域的创新,促使通过抽血这种液体活检的方式就能检测到癌细胞排出的遗传物质碎片,这在抗癌战役中开启了新战线。
Despite decades of effort in the war against cancer,screening te stsare available for only five types of the disease,representing less than onethird of all cases.What if one test could screen for dozens of cancers,using a single vial of blood?