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From the analysis of saliva can detect breast cancer.
07-09-2009
American scientists have developed a test capable of diagnosing cancer and benign breast tumors by analysis of saliva. According to researchers, the best venue for the test is the dentist's office, reports the journal Cancer Investigation.
Currently, the diagnosis of breast cancer used methods such as mammography, ultrasound and biopsy tissue. Methods of detection of breast cancer in saliva suggested by dentists from the University of Texas (University of Texas) can be used for screening.
New diagnostic method based on identifying 49 protein markers in saliva. Is important that the test result allows us to differentiate benign and malignant breast tumors, the researchers stressed. The new method was successfully tested in 30 patients, and now scientists plan to conduct more extensive research. In addition, dentists are trying to identify markers in the saliva and other cancers, which will expand the indications for use of the test.
According to study leader Charles Strekfusa (Charles Streckfus), a fence and conducting a test of saliva should be dealt with dentists.
«Many families, especially women and children visit the dentist more often than the therapist. Investigation of saliva is a noninvasive and rapid diagnostic tool », - said Strekfus.
However, scientists agree with the opinion that all. According to Damien Walmsley (Damien Walmsley) of the British Dental Association, the prerogative of the test should belong to physicians or specialized agencies.
Meanwhile, «state of the oral cavity is a good indicator of the person's general health, and dentists are now playing an important role in the diagnosis of another cancer - cancer of the mouth», - added Walmsley.
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