The Japanese developed an ultrafast method for diagnosing cancer
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Japanese specialists have invented a unique technology for diagnosing cancer in the first stages. To establish an accurate diagnosis, it takes a little patient's blood and three minutes of time. It is worth noting that this method of diagnosis does not exist in any country.
Katsuyuki Hasegawa, a member of MYTECH, the largest manufacturer of high-tech medical equipment, said that the new technology is such a simple diagnostic process that its practical application in clinics is possible in the very near future.
The developers of the company have created a plate made of metal, which has a special composition. This blood is dripped by the patient's blood, which is suspected of a malignant process, then on the plate is exposed to ultraviolet or other type of radiation, as a result, the blood of the cancer patient begins to glow, while the glow comes only in malignant process, with benign tumors, the patient's blood does not glow.
The effectiveness of the new technology was tested on 20 volunteers who had both malignant and benign neoplasms. As a result of testing, there were no errors, each time the test showed a 100% result.
In the plans of scientists to determine with the help of this technology the cancer of the pancreas, stomach, large intestine, which is currently diagnosed at the last stages, when the disease is no longer subject to surgical or other treatment. The first clinical trials specialists plan to hold in the next year.
It should be noted that such a rapid method of diagnosing cancer at the first stages will save thousands of lives, since many types of cancer are asymptomatic and are detected in later stages, when the tumor spreads throughout the body, and chemotherapy or surgery is already ineffective.
Another unique development from the field of cancer diagnosis was the work of Swedish scientists. In this country, more than 600 people die from malignant skin cancer each year, which is 20% of the total number of oncological patients with melanoma (approximately 3,000 people are diagnosed with malignant skin cancer every year in Sweden).
Experts say that it is possible to detect typical manifestations of melanoma on the skin with the naked eye, but if you use a microscope, you can see the first manifestations of the malignant process and confirm or deny the oncologist's suspicions.
Dr. Karlskuga Mikael Tarstedt noted that in approximately 15% of cases it is impossible to make an accurate diagnosis and to identify malignant changes in spots on the skin, in the language of experts such zones on the skin are called "gray". In these cases, each specialist makes a decision on his own about removing stains or about continuing to monitor them.
The method of Swedish specialists was called Nevisense, it uses the measurement of the resistance of spots by electric pulse. As a result of such a diagnosis, it can be determined whether the malignant process has begun in the cells of the skin of the gray zone.
A new diagnostic method is already being tested in the hospital at the University of Orebro.