In the future, a blood test may be able to replace a biopsy

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Researchers at Tallinn University are investigating whether blood tests can provide information about tumors and affected organs that is typically obtained through biopsy. The approach could support earlier disease detection and help monitor treatment without repeated tissue sampling.

Doctors often have to take a tissue sample to understand what is happening inside a tumor or another affected organ. Biomedical scientist Danilo Mladenović is working to find the same information from a blood sample. Research carried out at Tallinn University may therefore help doctors detect diseases earlier and monitor treatment effectiveness without having to take repeated tissue samples.