B.C. researchers hail ‘breakthrough’ in blood-based technology for cancer research

Researchers in British Columbia are celebrating what they believe to be a “breakthrough” in blood-based technology for treating and studying various forms of cancer.

Metastatic cancers shed DNA into a person’s bloodstream, explained Vancouver Prostate Centre senior researcher Dr. Alexander Wyatt. In collaboration with BC Cancer, he said the team has developed a blood test that uses an “unprecedented level technological resolution” to examine each cancer’s unique genetic makeup.

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