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CHICAGO — The first randomized trial to evaluate whether a multicancer early detection test using a blood sample could result in diagnosis at earlier stages yielded mixed results.The NHS-Galleri trial did not meet its primary endpoint, failing to show a reduction in combined stage III/stage IV diagnoses of 12 prespecified cancer types.
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Multicancer Early Detection Test Fails to Reduce Cancers Detected at Late Stages

This multi-cancer blood test might not be useful after all

'Holy grail' blood test to help NHS diagnose different cancers fails in trial

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