‘Significant breakthrough’: NHS hospitals adopt faster, more accurate bladder cancer test
Key takeaways
- University hospitals of Leicester recently became the first NHS trust in England to adopt the rest, with at least 16 others following suit by the end of the year.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleNHS hospitals are using a new way of diagnosing bladder cancer that is faster, more accurate and more convenient for patients than the existing test.
- Doctors said the Galeas bladder test is a major breakthrough because it involves a urine test taken at home rather than an invasive procedure done at hospital which is uncomfortable for patients.
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University hospitals of Leicester recently became the first NHS trust in England to adopt the rest, with at least 16 others following suit by the end of the year. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PAView image in fullscreen University hospitals of Leicester recently became the first NHS trust in England to adopt the rest, with at least 16 others following suit by the end of the year. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PANHS‘Significant breakthrough’: NHS hospitals adopt faster, more accurate bladder cancer test Five hospitals in England and Wales have switched to test taken at home, rather than invasive hospital procedure
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleNHS hospitals are using a new way of diagnosing bladder cancer that is faster, more accurate and more convenient for patients than the existing test.
Doctors said the Galeas bladder test is a major breakthrough because it involves a urine test taken at home rather than an invasive procedure done at hospital which is uncomfortable for patients.