Cancer screening: what blood tests can (and cannot) tell you

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[jennifersanders]

So disappointing that we still don’t have blood tests that tell us

[idahardy]

Now there is something called the Galleri test.
I have always had a wonderfully low/normal glucose level, blood pressure, cholesterol balance, and have been really healthy and strong and fit.
But I look around and see people right now getting diagnosed with stage four cancers - even though all their other blood work and everything has been just fine.
So i looked for what research was being done and now, for about a week, I have been curious about the Galleri test.
I’m going to schedule myself to take it as soon as my doctor can get me in.

[hobbyfarmer]

Cancer is probably the hardest disease to prevent. Dr. Sarah Hallberg who unfortunately passed away earlier this month was a champion in fighting diabetes. She ate healthy. She was vegan most of her life. She later switched to Keto diet. I would imaging she had worked with Dr. Thomas Seyfried of Boston College trying to treat her cancer. Dr. Seyfried believed that cancer was metabolic disease. He successfully treated many cancer patients. But apparently, the young and talented Dr. Hallberg wasn’t able to beat lung cancer although she never smoked and nobody in her family smoked. I’m quite pessimistic about the future of cancer treatment.

[ok]

C-Reactive Protein, a well known inflammatory biomarker, is also a predictor of cancer ("Association between C-reactive protein and risk of cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
").

[bobbobson]

GRAIL galleri is a recent test that does this.

[TheMASDrummer]

Hey Dr Attia. Why does obesity increase risk for cancer? Everything I search for shows it does increase mortality by cancer, but what's the reason? Would it be the lack of activity, rather than the added quanity of adipose?

[flor.]

needs some Chill Lofi Beats adde as background music

[ДенисОбломкин]

Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 267 sentadillas son unos YOURGIRLS.Uno muchas y un buen ejercicio. Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😍👍 Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖 los mortalesz abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer.k