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Different test for every type of cancer. we don t have those right now. by looking at it as the way the immune system interacts with it we can think of cancer as one disease which makes it much easier to diagnose and treat. we ve discovered a set of biomarkers that lets us look at how our body interacts with the defenses and we re able to make one universal test that should help reduce cost, make it a simple way and done at any hospital. what are you testing for? is this like a by-product of the cancer itself or what? it s actually a population of immune cells that s in your body. it arises in the setting of cancer. it s not found in healthy individuals. and a number of these cells increase. the more cancer has spread, the bigger your cancer is. and conversely, if treatment is successful or you re in remission, then the number of cells in your body decreases. can they detect my cancer stem cells? i ve heard a lot about this lately, cancer stem cells. right. so cancer stem cells ....

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