For the first time, a blood test can reveal factors in tumor microenvironments across multiple cancer types, and could make precision oncology possible across a multitude of cancer patient populations, Mayo Clinic has announced.

A new artificial intelligence framework, developed alongside Stanford Medicine researchers over the past eight years, offers a paradigm shift for clinical decision-making in oncology, according to Dr. Aadel Chaudhuri, a radiation oncologist at Mayo Clinic and professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology.