A new method of diagnosing cancer

New diagnostic test by which to detect pancreatic cancer at early stages, should be a safe and effective weapon in the arsenal of oncologists. It developed by Japanese scientists.

Pancreas cancer   It is the most lethal kind of cancer, which kills up to 97% of the victims in the first five years after the diagnosis (80% in the first year). This occurs in part because of the fact that the disease is a late stage. And before the cancer becomes incurable, it almost does not manifest itself. From pancreatic tumors Oleg Yankovsky died, Andrew Tolubeev, Patrick Swayze and Steve Jobs.

Scientists from the Japanese Kobe University have created a test that uses a metabolic analysis - the study of low-molecular metabolic profiles of living cells. The test determines the level of metabolites in the blood of a patient with pancreatic cancer by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Clinical trials conducted on healthy and ill patients.

By experiments were randomly selected 43 men having cancer, pancreatic cancer, and 42 healthy individuals. There is also a 23 experiments Bring a patient with chronic pancreatitis. Analyses showed the presence of elevated levels of metabolites in the blood 18 in victims of pancreatic cancer as compared to healthy individuals. These studies are published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

"Although the specific surgical procedures are sometimes successful, more than 80% of the victims of this type of cancer already have incurable its form at the time of diagnosis, - said study author Dr. Masaru Yoshida. - Modern methods of diagnosis, including collection of blood, ultrasound and endoscopy are not suitable for early cancer detection. We urgently need something better. " (READ MORE)

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