Showing posts with label detection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label detection. Show all posts
Friday, November 15, 2013
The Breastlight Breast Cancer Early Detection
Breast tumors is one of the most disease suffered by women, so many women feel anxious about breast health. But now there is a tool for detecting breast tumors that can be done alone at home. Sufficiently irradiate the breast with a red flashlight from a tumor detector woman can know whether or not he had a tumor in her breast.
Detection of breast health tools that are now available to answer her fear of the existence of a tumor in her breast. The tool, called Breastlight is equipped with an LED light that can detect breast tumors is estimated up to 96 percent. Researchers from City Hospital Sunderland have proved the success of medical devices through a trial in Ghana.
Detection of breast tumors usually done with techniques Mammograph detect cancer with success rates between 60 to 85 percent. But with tools The Breastlight, a higher rate could keberhaslannya this tool can detect even very small bump (7 mm) which is usually not detected by Mammograph.
The Breastlight is present as a tool that can be used by women anywhere and anytime, especially for those who feel embarrassed if they have to check their breast health every month to the hospital.
According to Dr Sarah Burnett, consultant radiologist from the King Edward VII Hospital, London, the workings of The Breastlight is to irradiate the breast tissue with a red light.
"Red light will illuminate red blood cells and whole blood vessels so that the breast can be seen clearly in the path like a road map or a network. When there is a tumor in the breast, a blood vessel will appear larger than the other and suggests areas darker when illuminated with light, "said Dr. Burnettseperti quoted by the Telegraph, Tuesday (26/1/2010).
The tools use Breastlight is very easy. First of all, make sure the user is in a dark room. While standing, place the right tool at the bottom of the breast and turn until the red light turns on and illuminates the entire breast tissue.
A healthy breast tissue visible blood vessels that are small and thin. But if a woman has a tumor, will be visible spots or dark areas around the blood vessels of the breast. By looking at the development of these spots, one can know whether or not the tumor is growing larger.
Though useful for women, but the tool The Breastlight is raised fears in some quarters that are members of The Scottish Breast Cancer Campaign. They urged that the pharmacy does not sell the device for fear of triggering a sense of lazy women to check themselves to see a doctor.
"The tool is useful, but it will be many women who feared their own conclusions and misinterpret the results of irradiation. Nobody can guarantee that devices are completely safe and accurate. Hazard can occur if the woman knew he was exposed to tumor or breast cancer but hide it and do not immediately see a doctor, "said one opponent of the Breastlight.
However, based on the results of the survey Sunderland City Hospital, 88 percent of women feel more confident with the tools Breastlight and 84 percent said it was easy to use tool. So there is no harm prevented with early detection of the disease.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer
Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer | Patients with bowel cancer can be cured, if the malignancy is detected early. Conventional examinations, such as blood tests and digital rectal cryptic, but it can detect cancer at an advanced stage. Now introduced a technique that can detect the examination of these early cancers.
Colon cancer (colorectal carcinoma) is a malignancy that occurs in the colon to the rectum. Time is slowly growing cancer, 15-20 years old.
"When detected early, patients recover very big possibility," said the expert in hematology oncology Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (medicine), W Sudoyo Aru, in the gathering of colon cancer patients in Jakarta, Saturday (14/5).
According to him, as much as 95 percent of cases of colon cancer can be treated if found early by testing and detailed examination. Unfortunately, this has not happened in Indonesia. The majority of patients diagnosed with colon cancer for treatment when already advanced stage. More than 50 percent of cancer patients are not aware of the disease and find out too late.
According to Ibrahim Basir, abdominal surgeon of the Faculty of medicine, there are early symptoms that can be used for early detection of colon cancer, among other weight loss accompanied by a change in bowel habits or bloody bowel movements.
Other symptoms include diarrhea or constipation without apparent cause more than six weeks, had pain in the back of the abdomen, bloating, or stomach still feels full even after a bowel movement.
"Most people who experience these symptoms, do not want to see a doctor. They also do not want digital rectal examination that considered shameful, "he said.
In fact, this ways is the simplest way to diagnose colon cancer.
Digital rectal examination done to determine the presence of polyps in the hole expenditure, as well as to detect abnormalities in the prostate. Blood tests performed in the laboratory on stool samples of patients, to detect the presence of blood from polyps.
Barium enema examination, which include liquid barium into the large intestine through the rectum and identified by X-rays. This examination can detect cancers and polyps in the amount exceeding 1 cm.
Recently introduced biomolecular examination for colon cancer, the patients stool sample, the test tumor M2-PK (M2 pyruvates kinase), which is a marker (biomarker) of metabolic tumor.
These marker genes are found E Eigenbrodt from Germany in 1992, then developed Schebo Biotech. On examination measured the metabolic activity of colon tumors at an early stage.
"This method can detect polyps or adenomas that do not bleed," said Adityawati Ganggaiswari, biomedical experts from Indonesia Cancer Foundation.
DNA testing clinics will be open YKI in Lebak Bulus, Jakarta. Rate of Rp 200,000. Examination of M2-PK in stool samples of patients will be conducted in the laboratories of the Kalbe Farma, said Adityawati.
In addition to the ICF, there are two hospitals in Jakarta who provide it.
Worldwide, deaths from "colon cancer" approximately "608 000 people." This amount, reaching 8 percent of all cancer deaths, and the fourth type of cancer that causes death. Nearly 60 percent of cases are found in developing countries, including Indonesia.
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Colon cancer (colorectal carcinoma) is a malignancy that occurs in the colon to the rectum. Time is slowly growing cancer, 15-20 years old.
"When detected early, patients recover very big possibility," said the expert in hematology oncology Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (medicine), W Sudoyo Aru, in the gathering of colon cancer patients in Jakarta, Saturday (14/5).
According to him, as much as 95 percent of cases of colon cancer can be treated if found early by testing and detailed examination. Unfortunately, this has not happened in Indonesia. The majority of patients diagnosed with colon cancer for treatment when already advanced stage. More than 50 percent of cancer patients are not aware of the disease and find out too late.
According to Ibrahim Basir, abdominal surgeon of the Faculty of medicine, there are early symptoms that can be used for early detection of colon cancer, among other weight loss accompanied by a change in bowel habits or bloody bowel movements.
Other symptoms include diarrhea or constipation without apparent cause more than six weeks, had pain in the back of the abdomen, bloating, or stomach still feels full even after a bowel movement.
"Most people who experience these symptoms, do not want to see a doctor. They also do not want digital rectal examination that considered shameful, "he said.
In fact, this ways is the simplest way to diagnose colon cancer.
Early detection
Digital rectal examination done to determine the presence of polyps in the hole expenditure, as well as to detect abnormalities in the prostate. Blood tests performed in the laboratory on stool samples of patients, to detect the presence of blood from polyps.
Barium enema examination, which include liquid barium into the large intestine through the rectum and identified by X-rays. This examination can detect cancers and polyps in the amount exceeding 1 cm.
Recently introduced biomolecular examination for colon cancer, the patients stool sample, the test tumor M2-PK (M2 pyruvates kinase), which is a marker (biomarker) of metabolic tumor.
These marker genes are found E Eigenbrodt from Germany in 1992, then developed Schebo Biotech. On examination measured the metabolic activity of colon tumors at an early stage.
"This method can detect polyps or adenomas that do not bleed," said Adityawati Ganggaiswari, biomedical experts from Indonesia Cancer Foundation.
DNA testing clinics will be open YKI in Lebak Bulus, Jakarta. Rate of Rp 200,000. Examination of M2-PK in stool samples of patients will be conducted in the laboratories of the Kalbe Farma, said Adityawati.
In addition to the ICF, there are two hospitals in Jakarta who provide it.
Worldwide, deaths from "colon cancer" approximately "608 000 people." This amount, reaching 8 percent of all cancer deaths, and the fourth type of cancer that causes death. Nearly 60 percent of cases are found in developing countries, including Indonesia.
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