{
  "id": 6152530,
  "title": "Reducing unnecessary fluid testing could lower cancer care costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/reducing-unnecessary-fluid-testing-could-lower-cancer-care-costs",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-07T17:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-unnecessary-fluid-cancer.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Doctors might be able to safely reduce health care costs by skipping unnecessary laboratory tests for patients with advanced gynecologic cancers, according to a Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University study. The paper, published in JAMA Network Open, examined testing on fluid drained from the abdomen or around the lungs.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}