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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Swab test could help UK women avoid invasive checks for womb cancer

A female scientist looks into a microscope
Postmenopausal women who are bleeding a lot may have invasive scans and biopsies, which could be avoided with the new WID-easy tests. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA

A new swab test could help hundreds of thousands of women a year in the UK who may have womb cancer avoid having an often painful invasive procedure to detect the disease.

About 800,000 women annually go to see a GP because they are suffering from abnormal bleeding from their uterus and then undergo uncomfortable and stressful investigations to identify the cause.

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