Light scattering spectroscopy helps doctors identify early pancreatic cancer
Monday, March 13, 2017 - 15:01
in Health & Medicine
Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate among all major cancers, largely because physicians lack diagnostic tools to detect the disease in its early, treatable stages. Now, a team of investigators has developed a promising new tool capable of distinguishing between harmless pancreatic cysts and those with malignant potential with an overall accuracy of 95 percent.