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Dr. Conor Brady explains why standard blood tests miss cancer in dogs. Nu.Q measures circulating nucleosomes to detect osteosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma, and lymphoma, and monitors treatment response alongside imaging like MRI and PET scans.
Dr. Conor Brady explains why standard blood tests miss cancer in dogs. Nu.Q measures circulating nucleosomes to detect osteosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma, and lymphoma, and monitors treatment response alongside imaging like MRI and PET scans.
Is it possible for blood tests, initial blood tests to show no cancer and for my dog to still have cancer?
It is possible. If it does show, great, that's a positive. But if you get a negative on a general, you know, pretty in-depth general blood sample, you can't say to your client, your dog has not got cancer. I've seen it many times.
What's really interesting is the NuQ, and it looks at nucleosomes. They did associate it with a CRP, so a chronic reactive protein test, but it looks particularly at osteosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma, and lymphoma. And the reason that it's so good is for all of those guys out there who are considering MRIs or PET scans or CTs as follow-up. There's a lot of information now on using the new Q-Test as a monitor to see how effective any surgery or any treatment is, and whether you've got any secondaries occurring.
