Cancer screening is a top priority at East Valley Naturopathic Doctors. In the spirit of being proactive and providing opportunities for our patients to screen in innovative ways we offer information on one of the growing number of preventative screens.
This blood test screen targets cancer. Screening helps you potentially get ahead of cancer when it may be more treatable. The Galleri® multi-cancer early detection test — in addition to routine screenings such as colonoscopy and mammography — is part of our offering to help you screen for more cancers.
What is the Galleri Test?
● Screens for a signal shared by 50+ cancers, including fast-spreading, aggressive
cancers that don’t show symptoms in early stages, such as pancreatic and ovarian.
● Looks for a signal associated with active cancer and does not predict your future genetic risk for cancer.
● If a cancer signal is detected, Galleri predicts the tissue type or organ associated with the cancer signal.
● Recommended for use in adults with an elevated risk of cancer, such as those age 50 or older, or with a personal or strong family history of cancers.
What is the Galleri Cancer Screening Test? How are cancer signals detected ?
What cancer types produce cancer signals that can be detected?
*The Galleri test does not detect a signal for all cancers and not all cancers can be detected in the blood. As an example the current testing does not detect Breast Cancer signals very well.
Included in the 50+ types of cancer are 12 aggressive cancers responsible for 2/3rds of cancer deaths. Aggressive cancers shed more DNA and are more likely to have a Cancer Signal Detected result.
- Anus
- Bladder
- Colon/rectum
- Esophagus
- Head and neck
- Liver/bile Duct
- Lung
- Lymphoma
- Ovary
- Pancreas
- Plasma Cell neoplasm
- Stomach
Additional Cancers with potential for detection:
A
- Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma
- Ampulla of Vater
- Anus
- Appendix, Carcinoma
B
- Bile Ducts, Distal
- Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic
- Bile Ducts, Perihilar
- Bladder, Urinary
- Bone
C
- Cervix
- Colon and Rectum
E
- Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction
G
- Gallbladder
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
- Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms
K
- Kidney
L
- Larynx
- Leukemia
- Liver
- Lung
- Lymphoma (Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin)
M
- Melanoma of the Skin
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Mesothelioma, Malignant Pleural
N
- Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses Nasopharynx
- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Appendix
- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Colon and Rectum
- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas
O
- Oral Cavity
- Oropharynx (HPV-Mediated, p16+)
- Oropharynx (p16-) and Hypopharynx
- Ovary, Fallopian Tube and Primary Peritoneum
P
- Pancreas, exocrine
- Penis
- Plasma Cell Myeloma and Plasma Cell Disorders
- Prostate
S
- Small Intestine
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Abdomen and Thoracic Visceral Organs
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Head and Neck
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Retroperitoneum
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Trunk and Extremities
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma Unusual Histologies and Sites
- Stomach
T
- Testis
U
- Ureter, Renal Pelvis
- Uterus, Carcinoma and Carcinosarcoma
- Uterus, Sarcoma
V
- Vagina
- Vulva