Emerging Strategies in Multi-Cancer Early Detection

Project Oncology®

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Guest: Tomasz Beer, MD, FACP
Guest: Betsy O'Donnell, MD
Recent estimates show that only 14 percent of cancers are detected through routine screening, meaning the majority of patients are diagnosed after the onset of clinical symptoms. But multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests offer the opportunity to potentially expand our ability to detect cancer through a single blood draw. Explore how MCED tests might help bridge the gaps that exist in today’s cancer screening paradigm and the recent studies on these tests with Drs. Tom Beer and Betsy O’Donnell. Dr. Beer is the Chief Medical Officer for Multi-Cancer Early Detection at Exact Sciences Corporation, and Dr. O’Donnell is the Director of Early Detection and Prevention of Malignant Conditions at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.