Urine test for bowel cancer in development

A QUICK and easy urine test for predicting bowel cancer risk is being developed by researchers.

People could buy the test in chemists for use at home or take it in to their GP surgery. The test is designed to pick up signs of damaged cells that could one day lead to bowel cancer.

Although only in its early stages, experts behind the research hope it will give a simple “positive” or “negative” result.