A blood test that could detect 12 cancers is being developed by scientists at a British university, the health secretary has said. "Just a couple of drops of blood could tell you if you had lung, breast or bladder cancer, helping end months-long waits for tests and scans," Wes...
Having been told you have cancer or may have it and actually starting treatment can be weeks of waiting for appointments, blood test results with little or no support. All men in our support group admit that waiting for results and a plan of action is by far some of the most difficult ...
Having been told you have cancer or may have it and actually starting treatment can be weeks of waiting for appointments, blood test results with little or no support. All men in our support group admit that waiting for results and a plan of action is by far some of the most difficult ...
Catching cancer early is vital for people to receive prompt treatment and potentially save thousands of lives in the UK every year. A study led by the University of Oxford found that thetest has shown promise in a trialinvolving thousands of NHS patients. Of the 6,238 pe...
byCancer Research UK A simple blood test could be used to identify patients whose melanoma – the most serious form of skin cancer – has started to spread to other parts of the body, according to research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool...
Their vision is an annual test designed to catch cancer early and save lives. UK experts said it was "enormously exciting". Tumours release tiny traces of their mutated DNA and proteins they make into the bloodstream. The Cancer Seek test looks for mutations in 16 genes that regularly arise ...
Simple blood tests can play an important role in identifying patients for cancer investigation. The current evidence base is limited almost entirely to tests used in isolation. However, recent evidence suggests combining multiple types of blood tests and investigating trends in blood test results over...
A blood test can help identify rare mutations in advanced breast cancer, which may enable patients to access effective treatments more quickly in the future, Cancer Research UK scientists have found. As part of theplasmaMATCHclinical trial, funded byStand Up To Cancer, a joint fundraising campaign...
A new and simple blood test that can identify 50 different cancers and their location, seems to have started well in its pilot test involving 165,000 people, and is now being rolled out Nationally in the UK until 2023. The key benefit of ‘the Galleri Test’ is that it detects cancer ...
Researchers from the University of Bradford, UK, have devised a simple blood test that can be used to diagnose whether people have cancer or not. The test will enable doctors to rule out cancer in patients presenting with certain symptoms, saving time and preventing costly and unnecessary invasiv...