London, Apr 4 (ANI): A
Norwegian company has developed a simple blood test for
breast cancer in women.
Brainchild
of Diagenic ASA, the test can pick up a cancer the size
of a small seed before a woman has developed any
symptoms, reports The Daily Express.
The test
looks for raised levels of chemical "markers" for cancer
picked up as blood flows through a tumour.
Dr James
Mackay, an oncologist and researcher at University
College London, said: "This test will be particularly
useful for younger women who are at risk of developing
breast cancer.
"They tend
to have denser breasts which mammograms cannot easily
penetrate.
"We are
suggesting they have a mammogram and combine it with
this test so that there is a greater chance of
detection." (ANI)
