DNA blood test may spot nasopharyngeal cancer earlier than current methods

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria for Case Arm Participants: 1. 40-74 years old 2. Clinically and/or pathologically diagnosed cancer 3. No prior or undergoing any systemic or local antitumor therapy, including but not limited to surgical resection, radiochemotherapy, endocrinotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, interventional therapy, etc. 4. Able to provide a written informed consent and willing to comply with all part of the protocol procedures Exclusion Criteria for Case Arm Participants: 1. Pregnancy or lactating women 2. Known prior or current diagnosis of other types of malignancies comorbidities 3. Severe acute infection (e.g. severe or critical COVID-19, sepsis, etc.) or febrile illness (body temperature of ≥ 38.5 °C) within 14 days prior to screen 4. Recipients of organ transplant or prior bone marrow transplant or stem cell transplant 5. Recipients of blood transfusion within 30 days prior to screen 6. Recipients of therapy in past 14 days prior to screen, including oral or IV antibiotics, glucocorticoid, azacitidine, decitabine, procainamide, hydrazine, arsenic trioxide 7. Unsuitable for this trial determined by the researchers Inclusion Criteria for Control Arm Participants: 1. 40-74 years old 2. Without confirmed cancer diagnosis 3. Able to provide a written informed consent and willing to comply with all part of the protocol procedures Exclusion Criteria for Control Arm Participants: 1. Pregnancy or lactating women 2. Known prior or current diagnosis of other types of malignancies comorbidities 3. Severe acute infection (e.g. severe or critical COVID-19, sepsis, etc.) or febrile illness (body temperature of ≥ 38.5 °C) within 14 days prior to screen 4. Recipients of organ transplant or prior bone marrow transplant or stem cell transplant 5. Recipients of blood transfusion within 30 days prior to screen 6. Recipients of therapy in the past 14 days prior to screen, including oral or IV antibiotics, glucocorticoid, azacitidine, decitabine, procainamide, hydrazine, arsenic trioxide 7. Unsuitable for this trial determined by the researchers