Tuesday, May 12, 2020

World-first saliva test detects hidden throat cancer

A series of saliva HPV tests detected an asymptomatic throat cancer during a trial of a new saliva diagnostic. Further validation studies are needed to confirm this finding. It is a world-first discovery, previously there was no screening test for HPV-DNA oropharyngeal cancers. The patient had surgery in which a 2 mm cancer was removed and has had no recurrence of HPV-DNA in his saliva.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200512093950.htm

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