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Blood test could replace biopsy for rare cancer treated by Keytruda

Guardant Health, a biotechnology company, says its blood test could replace biopsy for rare cancer treated by Keytruda.
Source: Saurabh Das/AP

Two years ago, the Food and Drug Administration marked a big step forward in the way doctors think about cancer: It approved Merck’s Keytruda to treat tumors that appear anywhere in the body, but are marked

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