{"id":3762,"date":"2023-07-21T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grail.com\/?page_id=3762"},"modified":"2025-10-06T12:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:52:16","slug":"multi-cancer-early-detection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grail.com\/multi-cancer-early-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-cancer early detection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Early cancer detection is critical<\/h2>\n
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Many cancers stay hidden until it is too late. <\/b>The deadliest cancers are typically \u201csilent\u201d until they\u2019ve spread to other parts of the body. Late-stage cancers are more difficult to treat and typically have worse outcomes.<\/span>1<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

We can\u2019t treat what we can\u2019t find.<\/b>\u00a0Finding cancer in early stages improves overall 5-year survival rates from ~20 to 90%.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/span> It is now possible to treat many cancers effectively even at Stage III, but only if we find them in time.<\/span>3<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Current cancer screening has a huge gap<\/h3>\n
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We routinely screen for about four cancers (colon, breast, cervical, and lung); 86% of cancers are not caught by today\u2019s standard tests.4,5<\/sup><\/p>\n

Single-cancer screenings are an important tool for diagnosis of a handful of cancer types, but most cancer deaths are due to cancers with no recommended screening tests.4,6<\/sup><\/p>\n

7 in 10 cancer deaths come from cancers that lack recommended screening, including pancreatic, liver, ovarian, esophageal and others.4,6<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Multi-cancer early detection screening from a blood test<\/h3>\n
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Multi-cancer early detection (MCED) testing is a new approach to screening for cancer. Adding a blood-based multi-cancer early detection test can help screen for many of the deadliest cancers that don\u2019t have recommended screening today.7,8<\/sup><\/p>\n

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