Can a Simple Blood Draw Catch Cancer Early? Inside GRAIL's Groundbreaking Work

Can a Simple Blood Draw Catch Cancer Early? Inside GRAIL's Groundbreaking Work | TARGET: Cancer Podcast | Ep. 59

In this episode, we will discuss the role of free circulating tumor DNA testing, the current limitations of existing cancer screening modalities, and the need for more proactive approaches to cancer care. Dr. Venstrom explains how GRAIL's technology works, using a blood test to detect abnormal patterns of DNA shedding from tumors. He emphasizes the importance of the cancer signal of origin and how it can guide targeted diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.

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00:00 Introduction
02:46 Screening tests
07:47 Cancer detection from the blood draw
18:29 The concept of the cancer signal of origin
45:48 The role of AI and Galleri test
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— ABOUT DR JEFFREY VENSTROM —

Jeffrey Venstrom, MD is Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at GRAIL. Previously, he served as Chief Medical Partner, Cross-Portfolio (Oncology, Neurology) at Roche. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical Development, and Medical Affairs at Foundation Medicine. Jeffrey also established and led the Hematology Biomarker Franchise at Genentech. He was also Krishnamurthi Endowed Chair in Hematologic Malignancies at The University of California – San Francisco.
Jeff completed Hematology and Oncology clinical and post-graduate research training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He received his graduate medical training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and his medical degree from Vanderbilt University.

— ABOUT DR SANJAY JUNEJA —

Dr. Sanjay Juneja is a triple board-certified Hematologist & Medical Oncologist serving as Chief of Oncology Service at Baton Rouge General Hospital, a social & news media personality known as the 'TheOncDoc' with over half a million followers, and one of fifteen social media doctors participating in the Healthcare Leaders in Social Media Round Table Series for the White House.

He has been featured by The Washington Post as well as dozens of national podcasts and regional news channels (PBS, CBS, NBC, NPR), and has given keynote speeches and partnered with American Cancer Society, BeTheMatch, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Harvard University, Louisiana Department of Health and several others.

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