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This blood test can spot first signs of a skin cancer relapse

Researchers have found that a blood test may be able to sound early warning bells that patients with advanced melanoma skin cancer are suffering from relapse.

By: Agencies   | | Published: March 7, 2016 4:23 pm
Tags: Skin cancer  
Skin cancer

Researchers have found that a blood test may be able to sound early warning bells that patients with advanced melanoma skin cancer are suffering from relapse.’Being able to spot the first signs of relapse, so we can rapidly decide the best treatment strategy, is an important area for research,’ said lead study author Richard Marais, skin cancer expert at Cancer Research UK, a leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research. Also Read - Vitamin B3 may protect against UV-induced skin cancer; study

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‘Using our technique we hope that one day we will be able to spot when a patient’s disease is coming back at the earliest point and start treatment against this much sooner, hopefully giving patients more time with their loved ones,’ Marais noted. The findings were published in the journal Cancer Discovery. Read: Reduce your risk of skin cancer by loading up on this vitamin! Also Read - Men more likely to die of skin cancer than women: Know why

The researchers studied the DNA shed by tumours into the bloodstream — called circulating tumour DNA — in blood samples from seven advanced melanoma patients.In this early work they found they could see whether a patient was relapsing by tracking levels of circulating tumour DNA. And they found that new mutations in genes like NRAS and PI3K appeared, possibly causing the relapse by allowing the tumour to become resistant to treatment. Read: Here s how you can reduce the risk of skin cancer

Most melanoma patients respond to treatment at first but their cancer can become resistant within a year. It is hoped that these approaches will allow doctors to use circulating tumour DNA to tailor treatment for individual patients to get the best result.

Source: IANS

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Published : March 7, 2016 4:23 pm
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