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'Life-saving' simple blood test could transform and personalise cancer care if trial succeeds

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Personalised cancer treatment, matched to a patient via a simple blood test, is being hailed as "life-saving", following an initial study. The Target National trial, being conducted at The Christie hospital in Manchester, analyses a patient's DNA to determine what type of therapy will work best for them.

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'Life-saving' simple blood test could transform and personalise cancer care if trial succeeds

What's effectively a "liquid biopsy" could transform cancer treatment, researchers hope. If a trial is successful, the goal is to personalise cancer care across the NHS - saving lives and making treatment less risky and intrusive.

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'Life-saving' Simple Blood Test Could Transform And Personalise Cancer Care If Trial Succeeds - Great Yorkshire Radio

The Target National trial, being conducted at The Christie hospital in Manchester, analyses a patient’s DNA to determine what type of therapy will work best for them. If successful, researchers hope the procedure could become “routinely available on the NHS”. Dr Matthew Krebs, the study’s chief investigator, tells Sky News its research was making “precision medicine” more accessible for a wider range of cancer patients. “There are tiny bits of D…

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'Life-saving' simple blood test could transform and personalise cancer care if trial succeeds

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'Life-saving' simple blood test could transform and personalise cancer care if trial succeeds

'Life-saving' simple blood test could transform and personalise cancer care if trial succeeds

'Life-saving' Simple Blood Test Could Transform And Personalise Cancer Care If Trial Succeeds - Great Yorkshire Radio

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