UK Trials Blood Test That Can Detect 12 Cancers With 99% Accuracy

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The Spin

Narrative A

This blood test is a game-changing solution to cancer detection. It offers a quick, cost-effective, and noninvasive method that could transform early diagnosis, save countless lives through population-wide screening programs, and significantly reduce the burden on healthcare resources.

Narrative B

The technology still requires extensive validation through large-scale trials to ensure its real-world effectiveness and minimize the risk of false positives, which could cause unnecessary psychological harm and anxiety to patients wrongly diagnosed with cancer.

Metaculus Prediction


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