Summary
Today, cancer is one of the most dangerous diseases in the world. Cancer is a class of disease in which a group of cells grows uncontrolled, invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). Cancer affects people at all ages with the risk for most types increasing with age. Yearly about 7,6 million people dies because of cancer, this is 13% of all human deaths in 2007. Bowel cancer is responsible for 655 000 deaths worldwide.
But… there is hope. After a study of screening more than 170 000 volunteers, researchers found that they can reduce death by bowel cancer with 43%. The concept is very easy: they take a screening test that only takes 5 minutes, this test involves the removal of tumors and other cells which have the potential to turn cancerous. With these tests it is possible to save thousands of lives every year.
The old test, which is called faecal and works with blood tests, stays. This test is very useful for people over 60, if the bowel cancer is already too big. It is actually the first time that there is a possibility to reduce bowel cancer, and the number of people dying from bowel cancer, by using a simple screening test. No other technique has ever been better to prevent the disease.
Opinion
When I saw the article in the newspaper the Times, I immediately took this article to summarize because I think it is very important to know that they’ve finally found something to prevent bowel cancer.
I think this is a strong feat of the newest technology in the medical world and it feels actually good to know that a lot of people can be helped with just a simple screening test. It certainly is a big step in the fight against bowel cancer and I really hope that there will be found some more and other techniques to reduce other types of cancer so we can live in a world without this terrible disease.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7109833.ece
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