Ian Smith
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It's never convincingly been shown in my view to save lives.
The improvement in survival is just as high in younger women.
who were never screened.
As in older women.
Early detection is very important.
If a woman finds a lump.
now have the technology to see what the specific gene mutations are in a cancer.
You can design a drug to target the mutation and switch it off.
So we're now in an era of targeted therapy.
And the one other thing is liquid biopsies.
In the past we couldn't detect these microscopic cells.
Now we can start to detect little bits of DNA, that's the genetic material from the cancer in the bloodstream.
And if that's there
It means the patient needs treatment to get rid of it.
And if you start treatment and the DNA goes away, then it shows the treatment's working.
So we're going to be much more confident that an individual patient is on the
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 · The People Have Spoken Ep3. British Maple Syrup · 4 Sep 2026
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Hello, I'm Ian Smith.
We're deep in the backside of the summer's news, and the people have had enough of what we're seeing down there.
It's been a sad week guys.
Dolly Parton has gone.
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