Improved DNA stool test could detect digestive cancers in multiple organs
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 21:28
in Health & Medicine
Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated that a noninvasive screening test can detect not only colorectal cancer but also the common cancers above the colon - including pancreas, stomach, biliary and oesophageal cancers. This is one of more than 100 Mayo Clinic studies being presented at Digestive Disease Week 2009 in Chicago, 30 May - 4 June...
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