“I do
breast cancer screening
mammography every two years, as recommended.
On the other hand, the colorectal cancer screening test has sat untouched on a shelf in my bathroom for several years. I can't decide to do it: handling my poop disgusts me a little",
Like Françoise, a dashing Parisian sixty-year-old, many candidates for colorectal cancer screening are put off by the methods of the examination which involves a sample. of stools
.
This also partly explains why this screening, although recognized as one of the most effective in existence, is not taking off. In fact, the participation rate in France does not exceed 35%.
A study which has just been published in the
New England Journal of Medicine
could perhaps change the situation. It shows that a simple blood test diagnoses 83% of cancers at an early stage. More precisely, it detects circulating tumor DNA, that is to say the DNA fragments that…
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