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Article: NEW STUDY IN FINDING COLORECTAL CANCER

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April 15, 2004
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United Press International
04-15-2004
New study in finding colorectal cancer

INNSBRUCK, Austria, Apr 15, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Testing for DNA changes in stools may provide a new, accurate, and less invasive way to screen patients for colorectal cancer, a study says.

That is the conclusion of an Austrian team of researchers as reported in Thursday's edition of The Lancet.

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common of cancers but while several methods of detection are available, these procedures ...

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