Single Blood Test Can Detect 50 Types of Cancer In Early Stages

Cancer therapy is seeing a silver lining with the launch Grail’s Galleri blood test, which claims that it has the ability to detect as many as 50 types of cancer.

The blood test has yet to gain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has so far issued a Breakthrough Therapy Designation, but GRAIL has already signed a deal with the National Health Service (NHS) in the U.K. to support programs that hope to detect cancer early and save more lives. 

Despite the absence of the FDA’s seal, the New York State Department of Health also issued a go-ahead to use Galleri for early cancer detection in September. The test is now available to residents by prescription, in addition to existing single cancer screening tests. 

“The approval of the New York State Department of Health marks a significant regulatory milestone for GRAIL and confirms the high standard for validation of our rigorous approach to test development, and the high quality of our clinical laboratory,” commented Dr. Josh Ofman, chief medical officer and head of external affairs at GRAIL, in a statement. 

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