A blood test to help detect lung cancer? New test offered at OSF Healthcare part of trend in medicine

Julie Harris had never been tested for lung cancer. A low-dose CT scan, the only recommended screening for adults at risk of developing lung cancer, was not something she’d ever found time to do.

But when her primary care doctor recently suggested a new blood test to help look for signs of the disease, Harris was intrigued. She had her blood drawn the same day, in the same building as her doctor’s appointment.

“It was something that was accessible at the moment, so it was like, ‘Sure...