The lung cancer test has the potential to detect the disease months or years earlier than current techniques. While more work is needed it is one of a spectrum of emerging diagnostic tools revolutionising treatment. Caption: Lung cancer, illustrationPhotographer: SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI/SCIENCE PHOTProvider: Getty Images/Science Photo LibraSource: Science Photo Library RFCopyright: Science Photo Library Caption: Screen grab taken from PA Video dated 27/04/26 of a nurse preparing a new one-minute injection for more than a dozen cancers, at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Hertfordshire. The
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so they got a test now for lung cancer? bout time.
Wait is this the same thing as that Keytruda drip? Like they’re just speeding up when people get the medicine? Either way I’m glad it’s earlier.
Months or years earlier sounds great but also I’m skeptical. If they can detect it earlier then why do people still get late-stage diagnosis? Seems like the real issue is insurance and cost, not the test.
I saw something about a one-minute injection and more than a dozen cancers?? Doesn’t even sound real, like are they just skipping the drip and calling it a test? Also lung cancer test… does that mean they inject you to test you? I’m confused. Still though if it helps with earlier treatment I guess that’s good.