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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Storm Newton

Blood cancer survival odds could be ‘doubled’ as bone marrow test trial is a success

Staff at King’s College London carried out research on the new test - (King's College London/PA Wire)

Patients with a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer could soon have their chances of survival doubled as a groundbreaking trial to detect the disease earlier concludes.

Scientists working on the trial developed a highly sensitive test that that spots traces of disease in the bone marrow of patients to identify of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).

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