Recognize pancreatic cancer

Just two hours detect pancreatic cancer in its early stages, a simple test that is developed by British doctors. This type of cancer is among the most lethal. As a rule, doctors find disease too late.
The star of movies "Ghost" and "Dirty Dancing" Patrick Swayze   I found out about his illness under the new year 2008, when he felt a sharp stab of pain after a glass of champagne. Doctors said the movie star that live a few more months, but Swayze decided to fight to the end. He managed to remove a TV series, and even write a book until he died in autumn 2009.
His case can be called exceptional. Typically, 85% of individuals diagnosed pancreas cancer They die in the first six months.

This is due to the fact that the tumor is at a late stage, when the doctor had nothing to be done. But now British scientists from the fund of Barts and The London NHS Trust and the Institute of Cancer at Queen Mary University developed Analysis of urine By which one can recognize two hours early in the human body stage pancreatic cancer   - Illness, after which survive today only 1% of patients (survival rate over five years - a sign of full recovery in oncology).

During the analysis of already determined in the laboratory elevated levels of specific proteins, known as tumor marker Patients with ductal adenocarcinoma . This means that in the future will be able to catch the disease in its early stages, which dramatically increase the effectiveness of surgery. Thus, the survival of more than five years may count over 30% of patients.

For the development of this technique requires more time and more research. However, the introduction of this analysis in the clinical practice is planned in five years.

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