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cancer patients GROUND-breaking technology to diagnose lung cancer earlier is being used by Maidstone and Tun- bridge Wells NHS Trust – one of only two acute trusts to offer the service.
Doctors believe the electromag-
netic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) procedure will have a posi- tive impact on survival rates and patients’ quality of life. The ENB equipment, which has
been funded by the Peggy Wood Foundation, uses X-ray, CT or PET scan images to create a three-di- mensional roadmap that allows doctors to guide catheters through airways to diagnose and prepare treatments for lung cancer. The procedure requires patients
to be sedated, but explores deep into the lungs, where nearly two thirds of lesions are found, and takes a biopsy. The process is far less invasive than surgery and means most patients can go home the same day. Consultant respiratory physician
Dr Syed Arshad Husain, the trust’s lead on the new ENB service, said: “Our trust is totally committed to improving lung cancer outcomes. This system aims to improve detec- tion times and will have a positive impact on survival rates and qual- ity of life.”
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Call for ‘Undateable’ Alex to host Top Gear
MORE than 20,000 people have signed an online petition to have Top Gear presenter Chris Evans deposed by Maidstone footballer Alex Martin. Alex (22), who plays for Maid-
stone United’s disability football team The Raiders, shot to fame last year as one of the stars of Channel 4’s The Undateables. But in a recent episode, he re-
vealed his first love is for fast cars – although he only drives a Vaux- hall Corsa. Alex, who is autistic, had never
had a date when he first appeared on The Undateables in January 2015. He has since fallen for 21- year-old Eloise from Surrey, and both were featured recently enjoy- ing a romantic break at his family’s holiday home in the Loire Valley. The petition was set up on
change.org by Jake Tasker, who believes Alex would make a great presenter for Top Gear. The show returns to TV screens in May, with Radio 2 breakfast show broad- caster Evans at the helm. There is speculation online that Evans has been struggling with the
tion continues to gather momen- tum. One fan wrote: "Alex has a natural talent and such charisma. I'd love to watch him every week." Another said: "Alex is a ledge." Alex, a student at Hadlow Col-
lege, says his dream car would be the "Bugatti Veyron Supersport, top speed 268 miles per hour, nought to sixty in two point five seconds". Alex says his autism makes him nervous around new people, par- ticularly girls. He said: “I start blushing, my cheeks go red like a Ferrari then, when it comes to doing the talking, the words just don't want to come out.”
Alex, from Halling, took Eloise
mantle he has inherited from the show’s founder Jeremy Clarkson, with one commenter suggesting he “can’t talk and drive at the same time”. However, the BBC has played its
trump card by revealing that for- mer Friends star Matt LeBlanc will co-host the show, in a bid to appeal to a wider, transatlantic audience. In the meantime, the online peti-
to Brands Hatch for their first date and they have since been featured out and about inWest Malling. He said the five years spent with Maidstone United Raiders had played a large part in boosting his confidence, and the show even more so. The online petition is addressed
to bosses at the BBC, who have de- clined to comment.
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