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Unfortunately, there aren't too many examples of that yet.
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We don't know how to do that very well.
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We do know for prostate cancer
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and for certain other kinds of cancers there are molecules
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that you can detect in the blood.
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In prostate cancer there's a very particular molecule called
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prostate specific antigen, PSA.
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If the levels of PSA rise in your blood,
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that's a sign that there's something going wrong in your prostate
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and you get a more thorough exam.
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Blood tests are available
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but only for certain kinds of cancers