Multicancer detection test
Intervention1 paper2 findings
C · W · M · H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.
Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.
Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.
No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.
Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper that declares the maker’s interest.
Outcomes
1False-positive MCD tests
upin humans1
1 study
False-positive MCD tests
upin humans1
Multicancer detection test increases false-positive MCD tests in humans (1.5-fold to 8.1-fold).
Reviewin prospective cohort studies
Multicancer Detection Tests for Population-Wide Screening of Asymptomatic Individuals: A Systematic Review · JCO oncology practice · 14 Sep 2026
Associations
1Cancer detection
upin humans1
1 study
Cancer detection
upin humans1
Multicancer detection test is associated with cancer detection in humans (18.8 to 43.8 per 10,000 tested).
Review≤12 months post-test
Multicancer Detection Tests for Population-Wide Screening of Asymptomatic Individuals: A Systematic Review · JCO oncology practice · 14 Sep 2026