'Test and targeted therapy have given me my life back'

MUM-of-four Rebeca Proctor was diagnosed with stage four non-small cell lung cancer in January after having the blood test.

- By Hanna Geissler

It showed her cancer had an ALK genetic mutation and she was given the targeted treatment brigatinib.

A tissue biopsy then confirmed the mutation around 10 days after her liquid biopsy results.

Rebeca, 41, said: "When I found out I had stage four cancer it felt like I'd been punched in the gut.