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A new chip that shows how cancers metastasise and what stage they are at has been developed to improve cancer treatment.

Researchers in the US claim to have developed a new type of chip that could improve cancer treatment by showing how cancers metastasise and what stage they are.

Cancer spreads via circulating tumor cells (CTCs) that travel through the blood to other organs, and they are nearly impossible to track. Now, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found a detection method that could revolutionize cancer treatment by showing how cancers metastasize and what stage they are. This could lead to earlier and more targeted treatment, beginning with a simple blood test.

Researchers have developed a method to detect circulating tumor cells in the blood, using microfluidic chips to reveal clues about cancer metastasis that could lead to earlier and more targeted treatment.

Lateral flow assays – LFAs, often called ‘dipsticks’ – have been a standard point-of-care testing platform for decades, and keep growing in