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ESMO 2025 | The advantages of multi-cancer early detection in cancer screening

Nima Nabavizadeh, MD, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, highlights the benefits of the multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test, where a positive test result provides the cancer signal origin, allowing for targeted and efficient further diagnostic workup. Positive predictive values also support the reliability of the test results, making them usable for both patients and providers. This interview took place at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2025 Congress in Berlin, Germany.

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Yeah, so one of the benefits of the gallery MCED tests in regards to a positive test result is that it provides the providers and practitioners with the cancer signal origin so that further diagnostic workup can be targeted and efficient. And certainly because of the positive predictive value, which is quite favorable at 62% and higher than what we’ve seen before for this MCED test, this is a result that should be believed by both patients and providers because more likely than not, the test is truly indicating a cancer...

Yeah, so one of the benefits of the gallery MCED tests in regards to a positive test result is that it provides the providers and practitioners with the cancer signal origin so that further diagnostic workup can be targeted and efficient. And certainly because of the positive predictive value, which is quite favorable at 62% and higher than what we’ve seen before for this MCED test, this is a result that should be believed by both patients and providers because more likely than not, the test is truly indicating a cancer.

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