New breath test that detects three types of cancers which kill 44,000 a year to be trialled across UK --[Reported by Umva mag]

LIFE-saving breathalysers that can detect whether users have cancer of the gut are to be trialled across the country.

They will be tested on 8,000 people in NHS hospitals from April 2025.

Patients will be asked to blow into a special bag — rather like taking a police roadside alcohol test.

Doctors say it is less invasive and cheaper than other tests and results will be available in days.

Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle told The Sun on Sunday it would keep families “together for longer”.

He added: “It’s really exciting technology. It’s using the very latest in detection systems that weren’t even available a couple of years ago.

It saves having to do very invasive biopsies which are extremely debilitating.”

Gut cancers kill 44,000 people in Britain every year and they are difficult to detect. However, most patients survive with early diagnosis.

The new test detects molecules in a patient’s breath that show they have liver, pancreatic and oesophageal cancers.

Mr Kyle added: “There is no question it will save lives because the overwhelming majority of gut-related cancers that are caught early lead to recoveries.

“The problem is late detection.”

If the trial proves to be cost-effective, the equipment could be rolled out across the health service.

It is part of the Government’s drive to use technology to boost cancer detection.

Ideas also include an AI tool to spot lung cancer sooner.

An £118million fund will be used to create five centres to develop the technologies.

Mr Kyle said he was personally motivated after his mother died of lung cancer a decade ago.

He said: “We use words like quantum and AI — it sounds distant. But it is incredibly human.”

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