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A new kind of blood test can screen for many cancers — as some pregnant people learn

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When women get a blood test during pregnancy that looks at free-floating DNA, they expect it to tell about the health of the fetus. But the test sometimes finds signs of cancer in the mother. (Isabel Seliger for NPR)
When women get a blood test during pregnancy that looks at free-floating DNA, they expect it to tell about the health of the fetus. But the test sometimes finds signs of cancer in the mother. (Isabel Seliger for NPR)

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