“lab-On-A-Chip” Technology Advances Colorectal Cancer Screening

According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer, America’s third leading type of cancer, is also one of the most preventable. One-third of all colorectal cancer deaths could be avoided by simple screening, they say. But colonoscopies, though highly effective, can also be painful, and current diagnostic techniques are time-consuming and sometimes inaccurate.

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Filed under: Colorectal Cancer on June 10th, 2009