Biomedical scientists develop new bowel cancer test
Thursday 29th April 2010
Work conducted by a team of biomedical scientists may lead to improvements in outcomes for patients with bowel cancer.
A press release from Imperial College London revealed that experts have been working on a five-minute screening test.
According to those involved in the project, it could cut the risk of developing the disease and save thousands of lives.
The study, which has been ongoing for 16 years, showed that a single flexible sigmoidoscopy examination in men and women aged between 55 and 64 reduced the incidence of bowel cancer by a third compared with a control group who had usual care.
Responding to the findings, Hilary Whittaker, chief executive of the charity Beating Bowel Cancer, said the test should be "incorporated into the national screening programme as quickly as possible".
She added: "It would be an extremely big step forward and a very welcome step forward, because this is a proper diagnostic, preventative screening programme."
Written by Mathew Horton
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