Doesn’t that sound a lot easier and less painful than the mammogram mangle? Not that it will remove the necessity to have mammograms, but according to researchers, this blood test could detect sign of breast cancer up to 4 years before a mammogram would!
Breast cancer kills 500,000 women worldwide every year, but this early blood test could save thousands of lives just by detecting tiny changes in the chemical setup in the bloodstream which the body produces as it reacts to the presence of cancer cells.
So, where can you get this blood test? Well, it’s been 10 years in the making, but the company that developed the technology, Oncimmune. the University of Nottingham’s commercial technology company in England, are starting trials to confirm whether the test is accurate and robust enough to work across all age groups and ethnic groups.
“We are cautious . . . but if it works – which we will know for certain later this year – then it’s potentially exciting,” said Professor John Robertson, professor of surgery at the University of Nottingham, who started the research 10 years ago.
If it is succesful, the test could then possibly be adapted for other cancers. Keeping fingers crossed!
