FirstLook Lung, a blood test that offers a convenient, accurate, and personalized result by determining the likelihood of detecting lung cancer through low-dose CT with a negative predictive value of 99.7%, was commercially introduced.
Twenty years ago, the discovery of epidermal growth factor receptor mutations as drivers of tumorigenesis and viable targets for therapeutic intervention marked the beginning of a new era in lung cancer diagnosis and treatment. Since then, the field has made remarkable progress towards developing more effective targeted treatments and immunotherapies that have significantly improved patient outcomes and survival.
