early detection
SeekIn's Two-Step Multi-Cancer Early Detection Method May Reduce False Positives, Screening Costs
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Further screening individuals who test positive by SeekIn's OncoSeek protein biomarker test with the NGS-based SeekInCare assay reduced false positives in a study.
The McGill University team is advancing a test, dubbed DOvEEgene, which sequences DNA from a uterine brush sample to detect cancer-associated mutations.
High PRS Equivalent to Rare Monogenic Risk Variants in Certain Cases in UK Biobank Population
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Current genetic screening programs might miss people with high disease risk as determined by PRS, who likely outnumber pathogenic mutation carriers.
Aitiologic Developing Liquid Biopsy Assay for Tissue-of-Origin Analysis, Early Disease Detection
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The Austrian startup's assay and software, which are early in R&D, promise to profile both the genetic and epigenetic signatures of cell-free DNA from blood samples.
Investigators are trialing methods to boost sensitivity for certain cancers, and assessing measures of how tests may impact clinical care in certain screening subpopulations.