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Ultraviolet light used to diagnose colon cancer

This article was originally published in Clinica

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Spectrofluoroscopy can be used to detect precancerous polyps in the colon and may eliminate the need to carry out biopsies, says Dr Andrew Warner, a gastroenterologist at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts. So far 24 patients have been examined with the technique, which relies on reflected ultraviolet light, in a pilot study being carried out at the clinic.

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