The numbers from the American Cancer Society are staggering. According to their Cancer Facts & Figures 2025 Report, an estimated 2 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed in the U.S. this year, and 618,000 people will die from the disease. That’s nearly 1,700 deaths every single day, which equates to 71 lives lost while you ate dinner last night.

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These aren’t just statistics. Each number represents a patient, a family, and a fight that could have been won if cancer had been detected earlier. With advancements in medicine, survival rates continue to improve, but only if the disease is caught in time - making early detection the most powerful tool in the fight against cancer.

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The Power of Early Detection – and What’s Being Missed

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Early detection has proven to save lives. When cancer is found at its earliest stages, treatment is often more effective, less invasive, and significantly improves survival rates. Yet, countless opportunities to intervene are lost every day because incidental findings go untracked or unaddressed.

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Incidental findings – unexpected abnormalities found on imaging scans – offer some of the best opportunities to catch cancer early. However, in many healthcare systems, these findings are not systematically tracked, leaving at-risk patients without appropriate follow-up steps. These aren’t just missed findings, they’re missed chances to save lives.

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Picture this: A patient undergoes routine imaging and a small, incidental finding is documented. It’s not urgent today, and in the flurry of day-to-day tasks, it gets deprioritized. Months later, that overlooked finding has evolved into advanced, life-threatening cancer. A tragedy – and one that could have been prevented. This isn’t just a story; it’s a reality. And it’s happening every day.

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Turning Missed Opportunities into Life-Saving Moments

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With 2 million new cancer cases expected in 2025, the urgency to act has never been greater.

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Eon’s Intelligent Care Solution is purpose-built to revolutionize how health systems manage disease - ensuring more patients receive timely intervention when there is the best chance of survival. Eon empowers your team to:

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• Catch More, Faster: Leverage AI to proactively identify and act on high-risk findings before they escalate.
• Work Smarter: Automate the risk-stratification and triaging of patients, patient communications, and tracking of return visits - saving valuable time while seamlessly integrating into the EHR.
• Improve Outcomes: Convert potential missed diagnoses into early interventions, saving lives and building patient trust.

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With intelligent, integrated, scalable technology, we now have a real opportunity to impact millions of cancer patients. Imagine the lives that could be saved if every incidental finding was turned into a life-saving moment. This is our chance to lead that change.

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‍Every Patient Deserves a Fighting Chance

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‍Early detection isn’t just an advantage – it’s a necessity. No patient should fall through the cracks because an incidental finding was overlooked. As we face another year of rising cancer cases, it’s time for health systems to prioritize proactive identification, comprehensive tracking, and ongoing patient engagement to ensure that no opportunity for early treatment is missed.

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Because behind every statistic is a person who deserves a chance to fight – and win.