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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

At-home blood test that can test for 50 cancers ‘may be offered on NHS next summer’

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A blood test with the potential to “transform cancer care forever” could be offered to one million people on the NHS from next summer, the head of the health service has said.

The Galleri blood test is capable of detecting 50 cancers early and is already being trialled in the NHS among an unprecedented 140,000 volunteers without symptoms, between the ages of 50 to 77, with results due next April.

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