On Tuesday, the Mercy Hospital system released a first-of-its-kind blood test that can detect more than 50 different types of early-stage cancer. This is a collaborative effort between Mercy and GRAIL, LLC.

Mercy Chief Clinical Officer John Mohart said early cancer detection is what can save lives.

"This is a simple blood test, and it looks for DNA in the bloodstream," Mohart said.

The test essentially looks for a shared signal in a person's bloodstream that indicates many cancers. Mohart said a reason this test is so groundbreaking is that routine cancer screenings only detect about five types of cancer. He says 71% of cancer deaths are cancers that are not routinely screened for.

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