Multi-cancer early detection tests available ‘in the near future’, conference hears

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By Olivia Bowthorpe

Multi-cancer early detection tests, to find multiple cancers with a single biological sample, will be used by GPs in the near future according to a prominent GP from Exeter.

Richard Neal, who is also a professor of primary care at the University of Exeter, told the Royal College of General Practitioners annual conference that: "Screening improves cancer outcomes but we only have four cancer specific screening programmes in the UK. The main benefit of MCEDs is they screen for cancers not currently screened for."