Brain tumour diagnosis cut from weeks to hours with rapid new NHS test
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The NHS has begun using a rapid genomic test that can diagnose brain tumours in two hours instead of up to eight weeks, using Oxford Nanopore sequencing technology to analyse tumour DNA while patients are still on the operating table.
This is a pilot programme in specialist centres across England; rollout to all NHS facilities is not yet confirmed.
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