Detecting breast cancer’s fingerprint in a droplet of blood

http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2012/04/05/detecting_breast_cancers_fingerprint_in_a_droplet_of_blood_.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+biologynews%2Fheadlines+%28Biology+News+Net%29

For many years multiple proteins have been measured in the blood.  A new study looked at healthy and breast cancer patients and analyzed 32 proteins in the blood, finding a subset of 6 that establish a fingerprint for breast cancer.  There is still much work to be done, but they are hopeful that one day there may be a blood test for breast cancer that comes from this study!