Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Better Adenoma Detection
May 05, 2023
May 05, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 5 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Detecting adenomas by colonoscopy remains one of the main preventative measures for colorectal cancer (CRC). Unfortunately, using white-light colonoscopy without probing for a particular molecular marker of adenomas can lead to 30% of lesions going undetected.
Md. Jashim Uddin, PhD, Larry Marnett, PhD, and colleagues chose to use COX-2, an enzyme that increases inflam . . .
Detecting adenomas by colonoscopy remains one of the main preventative measures for colorectal cancer (CRC). Unfortunately, using white-light colonoscopy without probing for a particular molecular marker of adenomas can lead to 30% of lesions going undetected.
Md. Jashim Uddin, PhD, Larry Marnett, PhD, and colleagues chose to use COX-2, an enzyme that increases inflam . . .