세브란스병원 "대변 DNA 분석으로 대장암•용종 90% 예측”<br /><br />Local researchers have found a way to predict colorectal cancer by analyzing DNA from stool samples.<br />A team from Yonsei University's Severance Hospital says its analysis of stool from some 600 patients yielded a prediction rate of 90 percent.<br />This came regardless of their age, gender or the stage of any tumors.<br />Prediction rates before had been at around 50 percent.<br />But the researchers said it only applies to colon cancer and cannot be used to diagnose liver or stomach cancer.
