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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Martha McHardy

New hope for bowel cancer patients as blood test could spare patients chemotherapy

Simon Dawson/PA

A new blood test could spare bowel cancer patients from undergoing unnecessary chemotherapy every year.

About 1,600 bowel cancer patients in the UK are set to take part in a study over four years, which could affect the way thousands of patients with the disease are treated.

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