Cancer that starts somewhere in the body, spreads to other parts of the body by mixing its cells in the blood. This condition usually occurs when the tumor reaches the fourth stage, called ‘metastatic cancer’, which remains impossible to detect early. However, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found a way around this. When a tumor reaches the stage of spread, cells are released from it into the blood. These cells cannot survive if isolated in the blood.

If it flows in a group, the tumor spreads to other parts of the body. Such cells are not detectable in computed tomographic colonography (CTC) tests. With this, researchers have created a new micro-fluidic chip called ‘Cluster-well’ that can detect traces of cancer cells in the blood. It closely analyzes the blood.

It can smell cancer cells nestled among millions of different cells. It also reveals what state and stage they are in. Professor Fatig Sarioglu explained that this chip, which was first made with silicon, was made with polymers to make it accessible to everyone at a low price. This research is expected to revolutionize cancer treatments.