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World's first blood test for melanoma

23.07.2018

Australian researchers say they have developed the world's first blood test for early melanoma, which could save many lives.

Scientists at Edith Cowan University say the new test could detect skin cancer before it spreads throughout the patient's body. And if melanoma is noticed in the early stages, then the patient has a 90 to 99% chance of completely getting rid of the disease.

The study involved 105 patients with melanoma and 104 completely healthy people. The procedure fixed skin cancer in 79% of cases. Now it is recognized only with the help of visual observation.

Study author Paulina Zenker says: "We analyzed 1672 types of antibodies to identify a combination of 10 antibodies that best confirm the presence of blood cancer compared to healthy patients."

True, the analysis does not detect such more common forms of skin cancer as squamous and basal cell carcinomas.

Over the next three years, scientists will conduct tests to validate the technique, after which they hope to move to using the analysis in hospitals.

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