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It is a simple test - blow into a plastic bag, analyse it - and see if the patient has esophageal cancer, a tumour in the windpipe.
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Trials are underway at Imperial College London - with hopes the test could be rolled out in GP surgeries within five years.
Scientists say it could also be used for a range of other hard to detect cancers.
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Trials are underway at Imperial College London - with hopes the test could be rolled out in GP surgeries within five years.
Scientists say it could also be used for a range of other hard to detect cancers.
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