NHS to roll out DIY cervical cancer testing kits - It is hoped the new DIY tests will encourage greater participation in ...

A ‘fit and healthy’ father says taking a bowel cancer screening test that dropped on his doorstep was like a “winning lottery ticket” after it saved his life. Steve Hollington, 58, was diagnosed with ...

Since the NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme began in January 2023, around 11,000 saliva tests have been processed, with 235 people (2.1%) testing positive for a BRCA gene mutation, according to new ...

An NHS doctor has suggested that signing up for a free at-home test could help "prevent" certain cancer cases from developing. These screening kits can identify warning signs that might otherwise go ...

NHS hopes for a blood test to detect dozens of cancers from a single sample have been dashed after it failed a £150million ...

A “HOLY grail” blood test can pick up cancer cases with 84 per cent accuracy – even among patients who have been falsely reassured they don’t have the disease. The test looks for the DNA “fingerprint” ...