A blood test that screens for multiple cancers at once promises to boost early detection

Multicancer early detection tests are among the priorities of the Biden administration’s Cancer Moonshot. The tests show promise, but questions remain about when and how to use them.

Colin Pritchard, Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington • conversation
Oct. 31, 2022 • ~8 min

Biopsies confirm a breast cancer diagnosis after an abnormal mammogram – but structural racism may lead to lengthy delays

Early detection of breast cancer is critical to improving chances of survival. But racial and ethnic minority patients systematically have delayed diagnoses that reduce the benefits of screening.

Christoph Lee, Professor of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington • conversation
July 8, 2022 • ~7 min

New test method to detect kidney cancers

A novel liquid biopsy method can detect kidney cancers with high accuracy, including small, localized tumors which are often curable but for which no early detection method exists.

Richard Saltus • harvard
June 22, 2020 • ~4 min

Personalized blood biopsies may provide signal of cancer recurrence

Researchers have designed personalized blood biopsies that offer the potential of an early warning signal of breast cancer recurrence.

Karen Zusi • harvard
March 13, 2020 • ~8 min

This biopsy has no benefit for women with ‘stage 0’ breast cancer

For women with "stage 0" breast cancer, sentinel lymph node biopsies offer no benefits. So why do so many women have them?

Michael Greenwood-Yale • futurity
Oct. 24, 2019 • ~4 min

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