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ReviewCells2023

Shifting the Cancer Screening Paradigm: The Rising Potential of Blood-Based Multi-Cancer Early Detection Tests.

Tiago Brito-Rocha, Vera Constâncio, Rui Henrique, Carmen Jerónimo

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldFull text readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06931561 (Occupational Cancer Screening in Firefighters), which is not on this map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
21.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06931561 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Occupational Cancer Screening in Firefighters: A Pilot Study Within the Inova Health System

TypeinterventionalSponsorInova Health Care ServicesRan2025 to 2028Enrolled800ConditionsCancerArmsWhole Body MRI, Whole Body Ultrasound, MCD Assay, Occupational Exposure Questionnaire
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A Quantitative Framework to Assess the Potential of Earlier Cancer Detection to Improve Cancer Survival.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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  17. Predicting Polymerase Chain Reaction Success: Integrating theCombinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2026
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  20. Impact of Population Cancer Risk on the Cost-effectiveness of Multicancer Early Detection Testing in the United States.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tiago Brito-RochaCancer Biology and Epigenetics Group, Research Center (CI-IPOP)/RISE@CI-IPOP (Health Research Network), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO-Porto)/Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center Raquel Seruca (P.CCC), Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5852-4585
Vera ConstâncioCancer Biology and Epigenetics Group, Research Center (CI-IPOP)/RISE@CI-IPOP (Health Research Network), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO-Porto)/Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center Raquel Seruca (P.CCC), Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3151-0367
Rui HenriqueCancer Biology and Epigenetics Group, Research Center (CI-IPOP)/RISE@CI-IPOP (Health Research Network), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO-Porto)/Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center Raquel Seruca (P.CCC), Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3171-4666
Carmen JerónimoCancer Biology and Epigenetics Group, Research Center (CI-IPOP)/RISE@CI-IPOP (Health Research Network), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO-Porto)/Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center Raquel Seruca (P.CCC), Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4186-5345
Universidade do Porto · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer remains a leading cause of death worldwide, partly owing to late detection which entails limited and often ineffective therapeutic options. Most cancers lack validated screening procedures, and the ones available disclose several drawbacks, leading to low patient compliance and unnecessary workups, adding up the costs to healthcare systems. Hence, there is a great need for innovative, accurate, and minimally invasive tools for early cancer detection. In recent years, multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests emerged as a promising screening tool, combining molecular analysis of tumor-related markers present in body fluids with artificial intelligence to simultaneously detect a variety of cancers and further discriminate the underlying cancer type. Herein, we aim to provide a highlight of the variety of strategies currently under development concerning MCED, as well as the major factors which are preventing clinical implementation. Although MCED tests depict great potential for clinical application, large-scale clinical validation studies are still lacking.

Indexed as

Body FluidsNeoplasmsArtificial IntelligenceBiomarkers, TumorEarly Detection of CancerHematologic TestsHumansBiomarkers, Tumorbiomarkerscancer screeningliquid biopsyMCEDmulti-cancer early detection

Identifiers

PMID36980276
PMCPMC10047029
OpenAlexW4327954480

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Registered trials

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