{"id":185784,"date":"2024-03-22T16:24:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T21:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/new-blood-test-for-colon-cancer-highly-accurate-in-trial"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:24:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T21:24:27","slug":"new-blood-test-for-colon-cancer-highly-accurate-in-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/new-blood-test-for-colon-cancer-highly-accurate-in-trial","title":{"rendered":"New Blood Test for Colon Cancer Highly Accurate in Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-blood-test-for-colon-cancer-highly-accurate-in-trial2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>March 14, 2024 \u2013 Detecting colorectal cancer may be as easy as a simple blood test one day.<\/p>\n<p>Promising results of this new option \u2014 the results of the study were published this week in the <i>New England Journal of Medicine<\/i> \u2014 could help convert the estimated 1 in 3 people who don\u2019t stay up-to-date on screenings that should begin at age 45. If everyone in the U.S. got screened regularly, as many as 90% of deaths linked to colorectal cancer may be avoided, the researchers wrote. Current screening options are often considered unpleasant experiences \u2014 collecting a fecal sample at home and mailing it, or taking laxatives and going under sedation for a colonoscopy procedure.<\/p>\n<p>The blood test can detect DNA shed into the bloodstream from tumors, and in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa2304714?query=TOC&cid=NEJM+eToc%2C+March+14%2C+2024+DM2330701_NEJM_Non_Subscriber&bid=-2140892041\"> trial<\/a> of more than 7,800 people, the new test accurately detected colon cancer at early, treatable stages 87% of the time. The false-positive rate was 10%. The test was less successful at detecting advanced precancerous lesions, with just 13% being detected. In comparison, fecal tests are about 42% successful at early detection, and colonoscopies are up to 93% accurate, according to a summary from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facs.org\/for-medical-professionals\/news-publications\/news-and-articles\/acs-brief\/reviews\/colonoscopy-vs-fit-fecal-dna\/#:~:text=Comparison%20of%20Detection%20Rates&text=The%20multi%2Dtargeted%20stool%20DNA, colonoscopy%2C%20reportedly%20at%2095%2\"> American College of Surgeons<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 14, 2024 \u2013 Detecting colorectal cancer may be as easy as a simple blood test one day. Promising results of this new option \u2014 the results of the study were published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine \u2014 could help convert the estimated 1 in 3 people who don\u2019t stay up-to-date [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}