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  "id": 3049912,
  "title": "Blood test shows promise for detecting breast cancer recurrence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/blood-test-shows-promise-for-detecting-breast-cancer-recurrence",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-24T15:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-blood-breast-cancer-recurrence.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A research team at Kumamoto University has developed a blood-based approach that could help detect breast cancer recurrence by looking beyond conventional genetic mutations and examining how DNA is packaged inside cells. The study, published in Cancer Research Communications, analyzed cell-free DNA (cfDNA)—tiny DNA fragments circulating in the bloodstream—from 150 breast cancer samples, including…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}