August 26, 2004
Colon Cancer Testing, Oral Cancer Major Killer, Lung Cancer Detection, Skin Cancer on Feet and Ankles
"Scientists with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and the Universities of Toronto and Western Ontario conducted a study of Ontario patients and found that colonoscopies missed 4 per cent of colon cancer cases."
"Oral cancer is a major cause of severe disability and death every year, killing more people nationwide than cervical cancer, Hodgkin's disease, cancer of the brain, kidney, liver, testes or malignant melanoma skin cancer."
A fluorescent bronchoscope is a device that may be able to find those at risk of lung cancer at a much earlier stage.
The foot and ankle are as prone to skin cancer as any other part of the body, and melanoma is likely to be misdiagnosed on the foot.
