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Quest Diagnostics on Tuesday raised its forecast for 2026 profit and revenue after posting first-quarter results above Wall Street estimates, citing resilient demand for routine diagnostic testing. Shares of the ​New Jersey-based company were up about 4% in early trading.

A blood test based from a South Baltimore lab is making treatment clearer for cancer patients. HaystackMRD, made by Haystack Oncology within Quest Diagnostics, looks for signs of cancer that conventional methods may miss. While it's been in development for many, many years, the test was made clinically available for oncologists and pharmaceutical partners in late 2024.

In this exclusive interview, Quest Diagnostics’ Ines Dahne-Steuber discusses their daytime kidney care lab strategy with MLO Editor in Chief, Christina Wichmann.

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, are known by many as “forever chemicals” due to the way they can accumulate and linger in the environment and body. These chemicals are widely used in thousands of industrial and consumer products and may enter the body through contaminated food and water. Research by Quest Diagnostics outlined similar results: men that were tested using the company’s PFAS blood test had higher PFAS concentrations in their blood than women who were tested.

Helio Genomics and Quest Diagnostics have partnered to expand access to a blood-based liver cancer test across the U.S. Starting in April, providers with a Quest account will be able to order HelioLiver, a test designed for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma, through Quest’s network, according to a March 18 news release shared with Becker’s.