Incidental Detection of Lung Cancer: Can We Be More Proactive?

Up to two million incidentally detected pulmonary nodules (IPN) appear each year onimages coming from diagnostic scans that patients undergo for reasons unrelated tolung cancer. These nodules are abnormal growths (neoplasms) that form in the lungand, upon...

The Economic Case for Targeted Early Cancer Detection

As we  pave the way for better patient outcomes with the first minimally invasive microbiome-driven liquid biopsy technology, we also want to make sure that the important economic benefits that health insurance companies will reap from covering early cancer detection...

The Case for Tackling One Cancer at a Time

While having generated a lot of buzz recently, early screening for multiple types of cancer at once may not be that ideal in practice- the path to clinical adoption could be taking on one cancer type at a time. In a perfect world, a simple blood test would catch all...

The Complexities of Early Lung Cancer Detection

Many obstacles stand in the way of current lung cancer detection methods, making it one of the deadliest cancers.   A cancer diagnosis is some of the worst news a patient can receive, but when it’s lung cancer, it becomes downright terrifying. Because it generally...