A simple and inexpensive blood test could pick out patients with stomach or oesophageal cancer who are likely to benefit from targeted treatment, a new study shows.

Blood tests could predict how long it takes until bowel cancer returns based on the same principle used in forecasting the weather, a new study has found.

The exciting new technique involves growing ‘mini tumours’ from biopsy samples – and could help end reliance on trial and error in selecting cancer treatments.