Researchers find new, more accurate way to detect precancerous and curable-stage colorectal cancer (click on link for original news release)
Mayo Clinic researchers working in collaboration with scientists at EXACT Laboratories, Inc. of Maynard, Mass have developed a new, non-invasive test that was 91 percent sensitive for detecting cancer throughout the colon, according to a study released today in the journal of Gastroenterology. Each year, 56,000 people in the United States die from cancer of the colon and rectum. Contact: Mary Lawson newsbureau@mayo.edu 507-266-00810 Mayo Clinic
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