New cancer test could ‘speed up diagnostic process’ if approved

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A new cancer test could 'speed up the diagnostic process' if it’s rolled out by the NHS. Associate Professor at Oxford University, Dr Brian Nicholson, tells @MattFrei about the Galleri test.

It may sound too convenient to be true. And in the past that promise turned out to be famously fraudulent.

A large-scale NHS trial found that the Galleri test – which is already available in the US – correctly revealed cancer 66% of the time and, in 85% of those cases, was able to pinpoint where in the body it was present.We were joined by Brian Nicholson.

 

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