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The Best Cancer Blood Tests

Nov 05, 202311 minSeason 3Ep. 71
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Episode description

While it’s true that the majority of people will have a run-in with some kind of cancer in their lifetime, we need to remember that no 2 cancers are the same, and your overall metabolic health has a huge impact on how your body will manage the cancer and what your survival rates will be, plus which treatment path you should go down.

To test your body’s current metabolic health status when dealing with cancer, there’s a number of simple blood tests you can run that will show how well (or poorly) your body is handling the tumor load. 

You’ll want to run the following tests:

CBC and specifically look at WBC, Platelets, and the Neutrophil to Lymphocyte ratio Comprehensive Metabolic Panel - Creatinine, Liver enzymes, Alkaline Phosphatase Inflammatory markers - LDH, ESR, hs-CRP

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