BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 12:26:00
The oxford professor who led the trial, and is presenting the results at a conference in chicago, says the blood test is still a work in progress, but its ability to pinpoint the type of cancer is exciting. 85% of the time — when we found a cancer — it told us where that cancer was. so in future, we could use the test accurately to get the right and basic investigations done first time, through that diagnosis. you only know if you're in the test group if the test detectsl potential signs of cancer. 0ften, cancer patients present with only vague symptoms, like unexpected weight loss or abdo...