A Simple Blood Test Leading to Earlier Detection of Breast Cancer

^{Expected to be available in 2010}

Especially for women under age 55 who are at higher risk for developing breast cancer, the Oncimmune^® Early Cancer Detection Test—Breast offers a blood test that helps increase the accuracy of detection.¹ Used annually with mammography, EarlyCDT^™-Breast:

• Provides a simple procedure to detect cancer “markers” suggestive that a tumor might be present.
• Tests for a variety of markers at once, thereby improving the chances of detection.
• Can identify these markers up to four years earlier than mammography-detected breast cancer.

EarlyCDT^™ is not a genetic test, and it does not replace mammography or other imaging methods. It simply brings to light important information that mammography alone cannot always make available.

Sources:
¹ Chapman, C., et al., March 2007, “Autoantibodies in Breast Cancer: Their Use as an Aid to Early Diagnosis.” Annals of Oncology (online publication), 18:868-873.