Liquid biopsies could replace the need for invasive procedures under general anaesthetic.
"Currently patients go through a procedure which can be very invasive and can be risky", said Dr Meissner, a medical oncologist and liquid biopsy lead for the All-Wales Medical Genomics Service in Cardiff.
"Patients in Wales are diagnosed at an advanced stage, often with poor outcomes. It's very important to shorten the time. This is an opportunity for them to potentially receive that life-saving treatment." It comes as the Welsh government announced a new diagnostic strategy, to "rapidly scale up capacity".The most recent data shows just over half of patients in Wales start the first cancer treatment within the 62-day target, though statistics are not collected for those whose cancer has returned.The "liquid biopsy" tests detect multiple cancer markers and it is hoped the NHS in Wales could be the first part of the UK to both test and analyse samples.
"From the point of discovering my tumour, it took a stressful and hard 72 days to identify my cancer," he said.
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