Currently the test is for new patients with possible symptoms.
But trials are going on in the hope of rolling it out within the next two years for people like Trevor, who need monitoring.
“If they can, just by simply taking a sample of your urine, tell you that there’s nothing to worry about, that would be amazing,” he said.
The new test will be available in all West Midlands hospitals by next April after it was commissioned by the West Midlands Cancer Alliance.
Nonacus said it was working towards wider national access and was in discussions with a number of NHS trusts.
The government was determined to make use of new technology to improve cancer treatments in England, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said.
“While NHS organisations make decisions based on the needs of their local population, we’ve set up a programme to identify new technologies that have the potential to benefit both NHS patients and services,” they added.
