Health

A piece of good news
by Claudia Sonea

According to the latest statement made by the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology there has been created a test to detect early liver cancer, one that could give a more accurately diagnose of the major killer in Asia and Africa. The test detects HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) that often appears after chronic inflammation of the liver caused by hepatitis B or C virus infection or cirrhosis of the liver. Only in China every year half a million patients die because of this. The creation process was made in partnership with research centers in Beijing and Shanghai in China and developed on Chinese patients suffering of cirrhosis of the liver due to hepatitis B. There are two particular sugar groups in blood proteins and their levels indicate the stage of the disease. The test gave accurate results in 70 percents of the cases and when it is combined with the current procedures of detecting the disease, the accuracy increases dramatically. Scientists are working now to make the new test viable with the clinical practices in order to be accepted on the market. However, the date when the test will be available is not yet known. It is a good step towards the discovery of a cure, because the main goal is to save people of the terrible disease, not only to detect it- that sometimes might not be sufficient enough. The HCC is becoming prevalent in the West too and definitely there will be researches into the creation of a treatment. Stay connected to find more!

related story: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070808/thl-belgium-china-health-aa1aa08_1.html

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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