Early detection cancer tests ‘could be part of NHS screening within a decade’

Evening Standard

Early detection tests that pick up multiple cancers and innovative breath tests could become part of NHS screening within a decade, the Government has said.Health Secretary Wes Streeting launched the plan on Wednesday during a visit to the Royal Free London hospital where he was treated for kidney cancer.A new 10-year national cancer plan for England says blood, urine and saliva tests – such as those able to pick up signals of more than 50 cancers before symptoms appear – have the “potential to transform and modernise” diagnosis.

Transcript

00:00So far it's quite exciting. Have you seen anything of it in your OREU?

00:04Snickers, a bit of teeth.

00:06It just affects everyone, so we know every time we're talking about it, it's going to reach more people

00:11and hopefully give people some hope.

00:19...experience, because I think my dad would have benefited my path and benefited from it.

00:24But we also know from, again, from experiences of ours,

00:28and because everyone's experience is unique, we're also announcing today

00:40that each patient will now receive a personal cancer plan with bespoke assessments

00:46to ensure that the support fits all of our distinct clinical, practical, but also emotional needs.

00:55...from our royal free visitor, and we're from here, and somewhere from our...

01:01Well, for the moment we said we were going to do this, we managed to mobilise the whole cancer community.

01:07...so from, well, yes, I'm trained as a nurse, and then one day, instead of going into work,

01:13I decided to take the other way, and then go into business.

01:17...orange building.

01:19...and she made it often, so please come and have it.

01:21...my cancer story started seven and a half years ago.

01:25...but at this point.

01:27...

01:35...

01:37...

01:39...

01:41...

Category

Transcript

Comments

Recommended