Found a simple test for cancer

English scientists a simple method to detect the most deadly varieties of cancer. The new discovery could save thousands of lives.

Researchers of the University of cancer Barts London's Queen Mary University found a method to detect at an early stage the worst kinds of cancer. It turns out, can be diagnosed through a simple urine test. Researchers conducted a study, which was attended by almost 500 people, and learned that the inhabitants of our planet, suffering from pancreatic cancer, and behave in a particular way 3 protein. Their peculiar interaction is reflected in the simple analysis of urine, and to diagnose a popular disease at an early stage with an accuracy of 90% and does not allow to confuse it with simple inflammation - chronic pancreatitis, as is often the case, reports The Telegraph.

This study researchers have already called the real breakthrough. According to statistics, in Britain, pancreatic cancer is one of the most common diseases. Of the 9000 people who have diagnosed this disease, only 3% live another 5 years, until its last stage, he develops especifico, and his victims simply don't know about the disease. To this day the researchers were not able to make any progress in the treatment of this form of cancer despite advances with other types of cancer. At that time, as early detection of the tumor in the pancreas helps a person to survive in 60% of cases.

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