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Estimating the population health impact of a multi-cancer early detection genomic blood test to complement existing screening in the US and UK

Hackshaw, A; Cohen, SS; Reichert, H; Kansal, AR; Chung, KC; Ofman, JJ; (2021) Estimating the population health impact of a multi-cancer early detection genomic blood test to complement existing screening in the US and UK. British Journal of Cancer 10.1038/s41416-021-01498-4. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Background: Multi-cancer early detection (MCED) next-generation-sequencing blood tests represent a potential paradigm shift in screening. Methods: We estimated the impact of screening in the US and UK. We used country-specific parameters for uptake, and test-specific sensitivity and false-positive rates for current screening: breast, colorectal, cervical and lung (US only) cancers. For the MCED test, we used cancer-specific sensitivities by stage. Outcomes included the true-positive:false-positive (TP:FP) ratio; and the cost of diagnostic investigations among screen positives, per cancer detected (Diagcost). Outcomes were estimated for recommended screening only, and then when giving the MCED test to anyone without cancer detected by current screening plus similarly aged adults ineligible for recommended screening. Results: In the US, current screening detects an estimated 189,498 breast, cervical, colorectal and lung cancers. An MCED test with 25–100% uptake detects an additional 105,526–422,105 cancers (multiple types). The estimated TP:FP (Diagcost) was 1.43 ($89,042) with current screening but only 1:1.8 ($7060) using an MCED test. For the UK the corresponding estimates were 1:18 (£10,452) for current screening, and 1:1.6 (£2175) using an MCED test. Conclusions: Adding an MCED blood test to recommended screening can potentially be an efficient strategy. Ongoing randomised studies are required for full efficacy and cost-effectiveness evaluations.

Type: Article
Title: Estimating the population health impact of a multi-cancer early detection genomic blood test to complement existing screening in the US and UK
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41416-021-01498-4
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01498-4
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2021. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Oncology, COSTS, PERFORMANCE, UPDATE, CARE
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > CRUK Cancer Trials Centre
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10133793
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