Grail Inc.’s multi-cancer early detection test, Galleri, preferentially screens for aggressive prostate cancer, addressing concerns about overdiagnosis and subsequent overtreatment of indolent cancers, a study published in JCO Precision Oncology demonstrated.
The U.S. FDA approved the PMA application for the Shield test by Guardant Health Inc., a diagnostic for colorectal cancer that avoids some of the issues with alternative diagnostic methods. There are lingering questions about Medicare coverage and physician adoption, however, the answers to which may take a couple of years emerge.
Novigenix SA reported interim European validation data for its whole blood RNA signature for early detection of precancerous colorectal lesions. The data was presented in early July at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer in Barcelona.