Colon Cancer Test
A link between gene malfunction and colon cancer - Health Beat - researchers hope results will lead to new diagnostic test for colon cancer - Brief Article A link between gene malfunction and colon cancer could lead to a new diagnostic test for the disease. "We have found that we can detect the abnormal [DNA] in the blood of certain patients with colon cancer as a marker of the disease" announces Sanford Markowitz, professor Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. Cleveland, Ohio. Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in adult Americans.
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