UK researchers find way of diagnosing bowel cancer without biopsies
by Jamie Grierson and agencies from Science | The Guardian on (#6KDV6)
PET scans can examine entire bowel before and during treatment, avoiding risks associated with taking tissue samples
Researchers in Glasgow have identified a new means of diagnosing and treating bowel cancer with imaging technology, avoiding the need for biopsies.
Biopsies require an invasive procedure with a number of health risks, such as infection, and are limited in what they can capture within a patient's bowel.
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