There is a tool in the works to detect cancer in its EARLIEST stages from a simple blood draw

[70sEraVet]

MENLO PARK, Calif., February 2, 2022 – “We applaud President Biden for reigniting the Cancer Moonshot and highlighting the critical role of early detection in achieving the ambitious, but attainable, goal of reducing the cancer death rate by at least 50 percent in the next 25 years. Improving quality of life for patients and survivors, while addressing inequities in access to cancer screening, diagnostics and treatment is a critical part of the plan. Importantly, the President’s plan recognizes that the rigorous study of multi-cancer detection blood tests, to date, has brought us to a crucial inflection point where detecting many cancers at once is now an essential pillar of any effort to end cancer as we know it today.”



“In partnership with preeminent cancer institutions across the country, we validated the science behind our MCED technology and, in 2021, introduced Galleri® as a prescription only test for adults with an elevated risk of cancer, including those age 50 and older. As a result, today, we can detect more than 50 types of cancer, including in early stages, using a simple blood draw, vastly expanding the benefits of screening to more cancers and more people. We look forward to continuing our evidence generation with scientific and clinical partners and engaging with policymakers and the cancer stakeholder community so that more Americans can benefit from this paradigm shift in early cancer detection.”

https://grail.com/press-releases/grail-statement-on-president-bidens-bold-initiative-to-reignite-the-cancer-moonshot/

Folks, this will be a game changer!

[Budi]

1. K & R. Thank You for posting this info

Game changer indeed.

[niyad]

2. Thank you for posting this important, and encouraging, information!

[CrispyQ]

3. This is fantastic news!

One of my fave cartoons from the 2020 campaign:

[gademocrat7]

4. K&R

Thank you

[Bayard]

5. I hope this becomes available to mere mortals very soon

My genetics are pretty bad.

[70sEraVet]

7. Check with your doc

"Currently, the Galleri test isn’t U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved. For now, if you’re over the age of 50 and have a family history of cancer, are at higher risk for cancer or you’re immunocompromised and you’re interested in taking the Galleri test, you should talk to your healthcare provider. They can register with GRAIL and order the test (the healthcare company responsible for developing the Galleri test). "

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/the-galleri-test/

[Bayard]

9. Thanks for this info!

[Midnight Writer]

6. A big f'ing deal!

I'm at the age when I wonder every day if there is some hidden malignancy growing in my body.

Last time I was in the emergency room, the doctor there suspected I had intestinal cancer and scheduled me for a colonoscopy. Took over two months just to get the colonoscopy (and another ten days for the results of the biopsy), precious time that a cancer could be growing and spreading in my body unchecked.

Just think. Instead of all that anguish and uncertainty, a regular blood test during my regular check-ups could have set me at ease and spared the expense of a colonoscopy, as well as giving me a better chance of survival had a cancer been present.

[70sEraVet]

8. I know what you mean.

I have some lung damage from asbestos exposure, and I'm waiting for the 'shoe to drop'.

[Grasswire2]

10. I have had the Galleri test.

I participated in a university-based study of it, and got it for free. It costs $945 otherwise, and no insurance covers it.

My test came back with no "signal" of any of the fifty cancers.

It was a snap. A blood draw, a questionnaire, an interview.

Done.