Toshiba's Newly Developed Technology Can Detect 13 Cancers With One Drop of Blood interestingengineering.com

A new, safe, and quick method for detecting 13 different kinds of cancers has been developed by Toshiba Corporation.
The diagnosis method was developed alongside the National Cancer Center Research Institute and Tokyo Medical University.
It'll take a few more years before Toshiba's diagnosis technology is being used in public institutions.
Source: ToshibaIt has to be noted that other companies also use this method of diagnosing cancers from blood samples.
The 13 different cancer types Toshiba's method will be able to detect are gastric, esophageal, lung, liver, biliary tract, pancreatic, bowel, ovarian, prostate, bladder and breast cancers as well as sarcoma and glioma.