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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ella Pickover

New DNA test cuts brain tumour diagnosis times from ‘weeks to days’

A pioneering pilot scheme offering rapid genetic analysis to brain tumour patients is set to "transform" both diagnosis and subsequent treatment, according to medical experts.

The new DNA test will cut standard diagnosis times from weeks to days, NHS officials said.

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