There is hope for a new test to diagnose early-stage lung cancer | Letters

Pauline ArmoryandMaxine Arnott write about a recently completed trial that has the potential to detect lung cancer with a blood testandProf Martin Marshallsays it wrong to blame GPs for failing to spot symptomsYou rightly report that one of the key reasons lung cancer is the biggest cause of cancer deaths in the UK is that up to 56% of lung cancers are only discovered in A&E where patients present with late-stage symptoms, by which point they often have only months to live (Report, 31 January).Every year in the UK around 40,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer and 35,000 people die – it kills more women, for instance, than breast, cervical and ovarian cancers combined, and is the world’s biggest cancer killer.Continue reading...
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