A new clinical validation study from Oulu University Hospital was recently published in a widespread international cancer journal (1), confirming that new-generation GastroPanel® test is highly accurate in diagnosing atrophic gastritis and Helicobacter pylori infection in gastroscopy referral patients.  GastroPanel biomarker test is a unique innovation of a Finnish biotechnology company (Biohit Oyj, Helsinki), designed for the first-line diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection and atrophic gastritis (AG) among the patients with upper abdominal symptoms (dyspepsia) and esophageal reflux disease (GERD) in a simple blood test (2-6). GastroPanel® is also the only test on the market monitoring the regulatory mechanism of acid output in the stomach (7). Because Hp and AG as well as high acid output are important risk conditions for gastric and esophageal cancer, the highly informative GastroPanel® is particularly suitable for a cost-effective, population-based screening of asymptomatic individuals for the risk of gastric and esophageal cancer, as confirmed in several studies from the high- and low-risk countries (6,8-12). On the track towards the GastroPanel® quick (POC) test, a new-generation (unified) GastroPanel® test was designed harmonizing the ELISA processing conditions of the 4 biomarkers. This new test version has recently undergone the first two clinical validation studies in patients at high risk for AG, i.e., autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) (13) as well as in those with high Hp-prevalence (St. Petersburg, Russia) (14).