Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Signatera test

I finally got back the results of the Signatera test. 

Official definition: the Signatera test is a blood test that can detect molecular residual disease (MRD) or recurrent cancer. The test looks for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), which are small fragments of DNA released by cancer cells. The test is custom-designed for each patient based on their unique set of tumor mutations.

And my results are negative, no tumor DNA was found so far circulating in my blood.





1 comment:

  1. Congrats! Been following along after your spouse-type sent me the link; this is great to hear.

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