Why Consider Screening? Screening to detect cancer early increases your chances of identifying cancer when it is easier to treat. More than 2/3 of cancer deaths are caused by cancers not included in the current screening recommendations.
Does This Test Replace Other Forms of Cancer Screening?
NO!
This test is NOT meant to replace routine cancer screening.
Follow Your Health Care Provider’s Guidance to Stay Up to Date on Recommended Screening: Cancer Type
Routine Screening Test
BREAST
MAMMOGRAPHY
CERVICAL
PAP AND HPV TEST
COLONOSCOPY, COLORECTAL STOOL TESTS, SIGMOIDOSCOPY
LUNG PROSTATE
LOW-DOSE CT IMAGING DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM, PSA TEST
CT, computed tomography; FDA, US Food and Drug Administration; HPV, human papillomavirus; PSA, prostate-specific antigen.
WHAT IS MULTI-CANCER EARLY DETECTION SCREENING? It’s a Simple Blood Test that can detect more than 50 Different Types of Cancer. Is Multi-cancer Early Detection Screening Available to Me? One blood-based screening test is now commercially available. Though not yet FDA approved, the test is available by prescription and must be ordered by your health care provider. The test may be appropriate for adults aged 50 years and older who have an elevated risk of cancer. If you and your health care provider decide multi-cancer screening is appropriate, he/she/they can order the test and you can schedule your blood draw. Currently, the test is not covered by most insurance, but you may be able to use pretax dollars in your health savings account (HSA) or flexible savings account (FSA) to pay for the test.
How Do I Get Results, and What Happens Next? You will receive your results about 2 weeks after your blood draw. There are 2 possible results: Cancer NOT DETECTED: Continue with all routine screening tests that your health care provider recommends. Cancer DETECTED (including 1 or 2 potential locations where the cancer may be originating): Your health care provider will follow up with appropriate diagnostic testing to confirm if cancer is present or not. False-positive (a cancer signal detected when cancer is not present) and false-negative (a cancer signal not detected when cancer is present) test results can occur.
Patient Resources Overview of multi-cancer early detection www.preventcancer.org/multi-cancer-early-detection/ Frequently asked questions about multicancer early detection www.preventcancer.org/multi-cancer-early-detection/frequentlyasked-questions/
How to Get Tested Talk with your health care provider and learn more at www.galleri.com/