Dr Lesley Walker, director of information at Cancer Research UK, said the potential for screening using this method was huge, but he said it was still early days.

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Dr Lesley Walker, head of scientific information for the Cancer Research Campaign, said a pan-European collaboration would be welcome, but warned it would be difficult to apply guidance across the contintent.

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The campaign's head of scientific information, Dr Lesley Walker, said the outlook for those developing the disease was improving all the time.

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