Algorithm study of DNA proves 90% accurate predicting bowel cancer
- A new method for detecting bowel cancer is over 90% accurate in predicting which high-risk individuals will develop the disease within five years, according to research funded by Cancer Research UK.
- The study involved 122 patients with inflammatory bowel disease, showing that those with specific DNA changes in pre-cancerous cells had a higher likelihood of developing bowel cancer.
- Craig Foster, whose wife died of bowel cancer, expressed hope that this research will save lives and prevent others from experiencing similar losses.
- The new test aims to improve early detection and reduce the need for unpleasant regular colonoscopies, as stated by Professor Ailsa Hart from St Mark's.
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New bowel cancer detection method more than 90% accurate, research finds
The study, funded by Cancer Research UK, could lead to a blood test which will inform doctors which inflammatory bowel disease patients are most at risk of cancer.
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