An oncologist questions the benefit of a firm charging more than £1,000 for a new cancer cell test.
BBC West health correspondent
Somerset-based Goodbody Clinic has set up 90 outlets nationwide offering this specific circulatory tumour test.While the test, which has been available since February, does identify cancer cells, the clinic also gives patients the impression they will benefit from early detection through paying for their test.
"We also need to know how the tests benefit patients, and how to discuss the results with them," he added. Goodbody's booking form says the Trucheck test is "the most effective convenient diagnostic blood test available to distinguish up to 70 types of cancer tumours". It is the only company currently offering the test nationwide.
Dr Cornes said of every 1,000 people tested, 44 in the trial will be positive with cancer cells circulating in their blood and within a year one will have a cancer diagnosis of a solid tumour."How does that affect your life insurance, your travel insurance, how does it make you feel?" he asked. But customer Mr Helvey does not remember the company's GP telling him the chances of finding the actual tumour are extremely low.In response to the BBC's question about charging asymptomatic patients for a test that has "no clinically-proven benefit", Goodbody's George Thomas directed the BBC to the owner of Datar, which carried out the study.
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