It is a simple test blow into a plastic bag, analyse it and see if the patient has esophageal cancer, a tumour in the windpipe.

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Trials are underway at Imperial College London with hopes the test could be rolled out in GP surgeries within five years.

Scientists say it could also be used for a range of other hard to detect cancers.



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