Womb Cancer Announcement on behalf of our national charity partner, The Eve Appeal. We’re super-proud to be supporting Eve’s research progress, thanks to our salons and customers. Our own special Saks4Eve announcement coming soon. Repost @eveappeal ... A revolutionary surgical knife that “smells tumours” can diagnose womb cancer within seconds, researcher funded by Eve have found in a breakthrough that could enable thousands of healthy women to get the all-clear quicker. The disease is the fourth most common cancer in women and affects about 9,000 a year in the UK, but only about 10% of those with suspected symptoms who undergo a biopsy are found to have it. Prof Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami, who led the research at Imperial College London, said getting a diagnosis within seconds could enable women confirmed to have cancer to start treatment sooner, while those deemed healthy would avoid weeks of anxiety. “The iKnife has the potential to completely revolutionise the way we manage people seen in the rapid-access clinics with significant abnormal vaginal bleeding who have been referred for potential diagnosis of endometrial cancer. “With its high diagnostic accuracy of 89% and positive predictive value of 94%, one could immediately reassure the person of the very low likelihood of having cancer if the iKnife result is negative and expedite further tests and scans and treatment for people whose biopsies indicate presence of cancer. This could happen whilst awaiting confirmation from standard pathology, which can take up to two weeks.” We can’t make research progress with the support of incredible supporters. Please head over to the Eve website to find out more about how you can donate towards world-class medical research and make a real difference to the prevention and early diagnosis of the gynae cancers. #gynaecologicalcancer #cancerresearch #saksupload #saks4eve #wombcancer #iKnife #eveappeal #theeveappeal