In addition to the mushroom-shaped polyps picked up in colonoscopies, there are also flat polyps in the colon that are far more difficult to detect visually.
GE Healthcare’s GE-137 is a targeted contrast agent that seeks out the cancer once it is injected by needle in the patient’s arm. Under a strong red light, the contrast agent changes the color of the light at the site of the cancer so it can be detected by a specially equipped camera.
Read the News Medical report on colon cancer detection.
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