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8 : No . of radiologists , MRI scanners and histopathologists per million ( selected countries )
Source : goetzpartners Research
Future outlook and progress
There are a multitude of cancer diagnostic tests in development
The oncology diagnostics pipeline is large and varied with over 600 tests at different stages from marketed to preclinical research . As shown , the most common test type has uses in multiple cancers ( Figure 9 ); whether this be a BRCA test for breast cancer and ovarian genetic predisposition or a liquid biopsy screening for multiple cancers . Despite already having screening programs , breast cancer is the most common cancer that diagnostic tests are being developed for whereas cancers that have few accurate tests such as pancreatic and malignancy of unknown primary remain under researched and funded perhaps due to the difficulty in treating these diseases currently .
Figure 9 : Pipeline of cancer diagnostics
Source : goetzpartners Research , BioCentury Inc .
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