Event held at Fort Worth Fire Department in partnership with Front Line Mobile Health NEW YORK , Aug. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (Nasdaq: LUCD ) ("Lucid" or the "Company") a commercial-stage, cancer prevention medical diagnostics company and subsidiary of PAVmed Inc.
(Nasdaq: PAVM ), today announced the successful completion of a #CheckYourFoodTube Precancer Testing Event in partnership with the Fort Worth Fire Department (FWFD) and Front Line Mobile Health ("Front Line"), a comprehensive medical care provider for first responders. This was Lucid's first major directly-contracted #CheckYourFoodTube event. Front Line contracted with Lucid to hold this event, where nearly 200 firefighters, deemed to be at risk for esophageal precancer, underwent testing using Lucid's EsoGuard ® Esophageal DNA test at the FWFD training facility.
Front Line staff worked closely with Lucid clinical personnel and Fort Worth surgeon Dr. Adam Smith to facilitate on-site esophageal cell collection using Lucid's EsoCheck ® Esophageal Cell Collection Device . "Hosting this esophageal precancer testing event is an important step in our commitment to the health and safety of our firefighters," said FWFD Fire Chief Jim Davis .
"Having experienced the loss of my own father to esophageal cancer, the critical nature of early detection of esophageal precancer hits extremely close to home for me. I am a huge proponent of EsoGuard and its ability to help ensure that our team members can con.