New Method for Early Detection of Colon Cancer

\"English:English: Gross appearance of an opened colectomy specimen containing an invasive colorectal carcinoma and two adenomatous polyps. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

Newswise — PHILADELPHIA — A new, highly sensitive method to detect genetic variations that initiate colon cancer could be readily used for noninvasive colon cancer screening, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

\”Tumor cells are released into stool from the surface of precancers and early-stage colon cancers, but detecting a cancer-initiating genetic

 

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