Among the many promises of big data, one of the most exciting could be the potential to unlock the detection of cancer before advanced malignancy ensures, which means opening up a whole new understanding of the disease.
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R.F. is named on patents related to the Cytosponge, which has been licensed by the MRC to Medtronic, and is also part of the Cancer Research UK International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection (ACED).
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Fitzgerald, R.C. Big data is crucial to the early detection of cancer. Nat Med 26, 19–20 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0725-7
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