types of cancer detected in blood tests
Honestly, most men obviously prefer to have a blood test every year rather than the physical! If the Prostate Serum Antigen (PSA) level comes back high, this is a trigger that something is wrong with the Prostate and further tests are carried out. Other cancers that can be detected by blood test are Ovarian cancer. This is a very silent cancer, which is often not detected until very advanced as often there are no obvious physical signs. A simple blood test for the CA125 marker will show something is amiss if it returns a high reading. Again, further tests would be required to detect if there is cancer and where it is. This test has improved since 1996 - and is now sometimes referred to as CA125-II There are non-cancerous causes of CA125 being elevated as well-so an abnormally high reading is not automatically a diagnosis.