Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Br J Cancer. 2021 Apr;124(9):1475-1477. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01223-7. Epub 2021 Feb 9.
Early cancer detection should lead to an overall stage shift, less-intensive treatments and better patient outcomes. Current recommended screening programmes are limited to a handful of individual cancers. A multi-cancer early detection test that simultaneously detects and localises multiple cancers could reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with cancer.
早期癌症检测应该导致整体分期转移、治疗强度降低和患者预后改善。目前推荐的筛查方案仅限于少数几种单一癌症。一种能够同时检测和定位多种癌症的多癌症早期检测测试可以降低与癌症相关的发病率和死亡率。