'New cancer test makes me feel women's health matters'
Angela Ransby, a patient from Ipswich, expressed renewed confidence in women's health care after undergoing a new, less invasive womb cancer test called WID-easy at Ipswich Hospital. The test, which uses a vaginal swab and delivers results in days, is being trialled at Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals as part of a more accurate and patient-friendly screening approach. Dr Wendy MacNab of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust praised the test for being quicker, more accurate, and less uncomfortable than previous methods.
- ▪Angela Ransby, a long-term endometriosis patient, welcomed the WID-easy test as a sign that women's health is being taken more seriously.
- ▪The WID-easy test involves a vaginal swab and can detect womb cancer more accurately and quickly than previous methods, reducing unnecessary invasive procedures.
- ▪East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the first in the East of England to trial the WID-easy test, with results available in three to five days.
- ▪Dr Wendy MacNab, clinical director for gynaecology at ESNEFT, emphasized the test’s benefits, including improved accuracy and patient comfort.
- ▪The test is currently being trialled at Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals with funding secured by the East of England Cancer Alliance.
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'New cancer test makes me feel women's health matters'25 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAlice CunninghamSuffolkContributedAngela Ransby said a trial for a new test to detect womb cancer made her feel women's health was being taken seriouslyA patient said she felt women's health was being taken seriously by a hospital after it began trialling a new and less invasive test for womb cancer.Angela Ransby, 56, from Ipswich and who has had endometriosis for 20 years, recently visited Ipswich Hospital after she experienced post-menopausal bleeding.Expecting to have tests she feared could be painful and invasive, she said she was pleasantly surprised to see the hospital trialling a new test called WID-easy, which was similar to a smear test.The test is also being trialled at…
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