Israeli breakthrough offers hope: Simple blood test could detect lung cancer

Lung cancer claims more lives worldwide than any other type of cancer. But the fight against it does not begin in the treatment room. It begins much earlier, at the moment the disease is detected. Lung cancer treatment has advanced dramatically in recent years, but the chances of success depend largely on when it is diagnosed: The earlier the disease is detected, the greater the likelihood of treating it successfully. Alongside the development of new treatments, an equally important race is underway to find ways of identifying cancer in its earliest stages, before it causes significant symptoms. Lung cancer is not a single disease but is divided into two main groups: non-small cell lung cancer, or NSCLC, the most common type, and small cell lung cancer, or SCLC, which is considered more aggressive.