At home oral cancer test

Are you worried about oral cancer? Early detection is the key to a higher survival rate but currently, there is a lack of effective diagnostic tools.

Viome has just introduced the first at-home oral and throat cancer test. Oral cancer can go undetected for years but with this test, it can be diagnosed and treated earlier.

The test can detect biomarkers associated with cancers of the mouth and throat with 95% specificity, which leads to fewer false negatives.

Oral cancer is on the rise. Many of these cancers are associated with tobacco use, alcohol consumption, human papillomavirus, and excess body weight. In the United States, 40,000 new cases of oral cancers are diagnosed yearly. By 2035, this may increase by two-thirds.

This at-home test is hoping to identify oral cancer earlier. You collect the sample at home, ship the sample in, and have the results within 4 weeks.

Who should use this? It is recommended for people over the age of 49 and tobacco users over the age of 17.

Read more on their website at: https://cancerdetect.viome.com/