{"id":16661,"date":"2016-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/melanoma-diagnosis-in-hours-with-new-test\/"},"modified":"2016-11-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T00:00:00","slug":"melanoma-diagnosis-in-hours-with-new-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/melanoma-diagnosis-in-hours-with-new-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanoma diagnosis in hours with new test"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Patients will find out if they have melanoma in just six hours &#8212; instead of up to three weeks &#8212; using a new Australian blood test.<\/h3>\n<p>The \u201cliquid biopsy\u201d blood test, to be launched on Friday at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute in Melbourne, will speed up the usual diagnosis time and prove potentially lifesaving for people with advanced skin cancer.<\/p>\n<p>A regular surgical biopsy can take two to three weeks to deliver results but with the quicker blood test patients can be treated sooner with more targeted medications.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria\u2019s Health Minister Jill Hennessy says faster diagnosis will give patients the best chance of survival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re putting cancer patients first and investing in world leading cancer research and future technologies that have the power to save lives,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/news\/victoria\/new-blood-test-capable-of-diagnosing-melanoma-within-hours\/news-story\/a07df39b3a752ebc07e5ceed99b44505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ms Hennessy told the Herald Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will mean patients can get diagnosed and treated sooner, without having to endure long and anxious waits and invasive and painful surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>-With AAP<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/wild-dockers-need-fyfe-at-the-helm\"><strong>RUMOUR &#8212; BIG CHANGE ON THE CARDS AFTER HORROR WEEK FOR FREO DOCKERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/number-1-meningococcal-sign-to-look-for-in-a-toddler\"><strong>#1 MENINGOCOCCAL SIGN TO LOOK FOR IN A TODDLER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patients will find out if they have melanoma in just six hours &#8212; instead of up to three weeks &#8212; using a new Australian blood test. 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