Detecting cancer long before it causes harm. holy grail for oncology research. This will have many advantages. Cancer diagnosed at an early stage is potentially “easier” to treat, with milder and more effective treatments, but also less costly to the community. That’s the whole point of organized screenings that target people who have cancer but don’t have it, such as screening for breast cancer or lung cancer (in a trial).
But not all cancers are investigated either because they are not frequent enough or because current methods are not effective enough. Therefore, over the past ten years, research has been working to develop tools that can detect cancer earlier and earlier through minimally invasive procedures. In the late 1980s, tests began to appear that looked for specific markers in the blood…
Source: Le Figaro
