Blood and saliva tests to detect cancer before symptoms begin ‘could be part of NHS screening within a decade’

The NHS wants to roll out blood, urine and saliva tests that could pick up signals of more than 50 cancers before symptoms appear as part of a major push to tackle the growing cancer crisis in the health service.

A new 10-year national cancer plan for England says the tests have the “potential to transform and modernise” diagnosis and could become part of NHS screening within a decade.