• April 20, 2024

A new study of Mayo Clinic and the Exact Sciences Corporation suggests that stool DNA tests can be used to detect early colorectal cancer, a neoplasm that causes 608 thousand deaths per year, according to figures from the World Health Organization (WHO)

David Ahlquist, researcher at the Division of Grastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota , details that the stool DNA test accurately detects pre-cancerous polyps or tumors (in early stage) in both the colon and the rectum.

According to information published in The Huffington Post It is not an invasive procedure and neither does it require any intestinal preparation, medication restrictions or changes in diet.

In case the laboratory test is positive, the patient should go to a colonoscopy to remove the polyps, to prevent the development of colorectal cancer.

The researcher expects the DNA test to be available in the clinics in the second half of 2013.

Early detection, key to prevent it

According to the doctor Octavio Gómez Escudero, from the Society of Gastroenterology of the state of Puebla , explains that in Mexico, colorectal cancer is one of the most common gastrointestinal tumors.

In an interview for GetQoralHealth, the doctor Carlos Aranda, director of the Oncological Institute of Morelos , explains what colorectal cancer is, as well as the symptoms so you can learn to identify it early:

With stool DNA testing, the discomfort caused by common tests to detect neoplasia such as colonoscopy is reduced.

To prevent the development of colorectal cancer, specialists recommend eating a diet rich in fiber and low in fat, avoiding a sedentary lifestyle and reducing the consumption of alcohol and tobacco.
 

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