Oncologists report seeing more advanced cancers and say current tests are not catching cancer recurrence early enough, new quest diagnostics report finds

More than 3 in 4 oncologists (76%) feel they are seeing more advanced cancers, and of these, 75% believe that screening barriers are the leading cause, although nearly one-third (32%) cite "factors that we don't understand yet" missed/delayed follow-up care or monitoring appointments by patients (68%) and imaging tests not detecting recurrence early enough (50%) are among the primary reasons cancer recurrence is typically missed, according to oncologists whose patients' cancer recurrence was missed in an earlier stage 94% of oncologists say circulating tumor dna (ctdna) minimal residual disease (mrd) testing could reduce diagnosis delays in cancer recurrence but cite hurdles to wide adoption secaucus, n.j. , may 13, 2025 /prnewswire/ -- oncologists feel they are seeing more and more patients with advanced cancers, say screening barriers are the leading reason why, and worry that current tests may not catch cancer recurrence early enough, according to a new report, "the cancer paradox: oncologists' perspectives on barriers to advanced cancer care and recurrence monitoring.
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