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News Topical, Digital Desk : Cancer is a serious illness that is claiming many lives worldwide. It is a life-threatening disease, and early detection is crucial to prevent it. Health experts typically recommend observing its symptoms to identify it, but now a ray of hope has emerged for early diagnosis and proper treatment.
A new study presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2025 recently described a blood test that could help detect more than 50 cancers. Let's learn more about this new blood test.
What does the study say?
According to a study, this groundbreaking blood test can detect more than 50 types of cancer. The test's unique advantage is that it can often detect cancer before symptoms appear. Developed by the pharmaceutical company Grail, this test has the potential to revolutionize cancer diagnosis and treatment.
This blood test, called Galleri, is a multi-cancer early detector ( MCED) test. A team of researchers from California conducted this study. The researchers analyzed 23,161 people in the United States and Canada aged 50 and older who had no prior cancer symptoms.
Diagnosis of more than 50 cancers has become easier
This blood test will make it easier to accurately diagnose many types of cancer, including breast, lung, colon, and pancreatic cancer . Some of these are detected in their early stages and are easily treatable, while others are even curable.
will help in treatment
Importantly, this test can also detect fragments of cancerous DNA that break off from tumors and are released into the bloodstream. This test, Galleri explains, is able to pinpoint where cancer signals originate in the body, potentially facilitating early detection and appropriate treatment.
Read More: Cancer diagnosis is now easy! A single blood test can detect 50 types of cancer.
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