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DNA test picks up cancers in stool

Elusive and deadly, gastrointestinal cancer causes a quarter of cancer deaths, but an experimental, non-invasive test might provide early detection of cancers anywhere in the digestive tract.
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Elusive and deadly, gastrointestinal cancer causes a quarter of cancer deaths, but an experimental, non-invasive test might provide early detection of cancers anywhere in the digestive tract.

Reporter : Allen Mask, M.D.
Photographer : Rick Armstrong
Posted 2009-06-19T19:19:14-0400 - Updated 2009-06-19T19:19:14-0400