In his latest For Your Health column, Dr. Graham Colditz features insight from Dr. Aimee James on multi-cancer detection tests. These screening tests may one day help reliably detect multiple cancers with a simply blood draw.
“It’s not news that cancer screening is important. Recommended screenings can catch cancer early when it’s more treatable – and some can even prevent cancer in the first place.
But not every cancer has a good screening test. In fact, screening is recommended only for breast, cervical, colon and lung cancers. While these account for a large percentage of cancers overall, it still leaves many cancers without a way to find them in earlier stages when they can be more effectively treated.
A new screening tool, called multi-cancer detection tests, may one day help fill that gap — and in an easier, more accessible way.”