NHS to trial blood test to detect more than 50 forms of cancer

Researchers hopes Galleri trial will be a gamechanger' for early diagnosis and save many lives

The NHS is to trial a simple blood test that may help identify more than 50 forms of cancer years before diagnosis, in what it hailed as a potential gamechanger".

If successful the blood test, known as Galleri, could revolutionise early diagnosis of cancer and save many lives by identifying symptoms quickly enough for prompt treatment to make the difference between life and death.