00.02.17 - New method refines colon cancer test.
New method refines colon cancer test.
A newer method of discovering gene mutations related to colon cancer has successfully found gene variations in patients with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Standard methods did not detect gene mutations in all patients with this diagnosis. New method refines colon cancer test. Researcher Dr. Bert Vogelstein of the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center. The journal Nature on the web.