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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

World-first blood test for brain cancer may increase survival rates, say experts

A doctor looking at an MRI scan.
Brain tumours kill more children and adults under the age of 40 in the UK than any other cancer. Photograph: Dmytro Zinkevych/Alamy

Surgeons and scientists have developed a world-first blood test for brain cancer that experts say could revolutionise diagnosis, speed up treatment and boost survival rates.

For years, brain tumours have remained notoriously difficult to diagnose. They affect hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year, and kill more children and adults under the age of 40 in the UK than any other cancer.

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