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Daktari wa upasuaji wa saratani ya matiti Profesa Kefah Mokbel wa Uingereza ambaye amehusika katika utafiti wa kipimo hicho cha damu amesema kinaweza kubaini vimelea vya mwanzo vya Saratani.
Naye, Daktari wa Magonjwa ya Saratani, Dkt Tim Crook amesema kipimo hicho kikikamilika kitachukua nafasi ya kifaa cha ‘mammogram’ ambacho ndio kinatumika kwa sasa.
Wanawake walio na umri wa miaka 30 walio na historia katika familia ya jamaa zao kuugua saratani ya matiti, wanapaswa kufanyiwa ukaguzi wa kila mwaka kubaini mapema iwapo wanaugua ugonjwa huo, shirika la misaada linasema.
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GAME CHANGER Simple blood test could detect early breast cancer for young women in scientific breakthrough
A SCIENTIFIC breakthrough could enable early breast cancer to be detected in young women with a simple blood test.
The Trucheck test correctly identifies 92 percent of breast cancers by highlighting cancer cells circulating in the blood.
Results following the minimally invasive procedure have about five percent more accuracy than a mammography, prompting one researcher to hail the disease screening process a "game changer".
Its ability to spot early-stage breast cancers unable to be detected on scans, particularly in younger women is being celebrated by doctors.
Breast cancer surgeon Professor Kefah Mokbel worked on the innovation and says a "paradigm shift" could be seen in breast cancer screening, MailOnline reports.
He said: "Potentially, this test is a game-changer. It could transform breast cancer screening."
Medical oncologist Dr Tim Crook, from The London Clinic private hospital, is offering the test to patients already.
He says Trucheck has the potential to replace mammograms in the future.
Dr Crook said: "We have a massive problem with late diagnosis of cancer in this country and it’s been difficult to think of ways to ameliorate that."
The exam sees a nurse draw 5ml of blood which is analysed to find the presence of often-cancerous ‘circulating tumour cells’ (CTCs).
Source: The Sun
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In Tanzania, breast cancer is the second leading cancer in both incidence and mortality among women, with an estimation of 3037 new cases and 1303 deaths in 2018, and is expected to increase to more than 120% for both incidence and mortality by the year 2040 [2, 19].15 Jun 2020.
Results: In Africa, breast cancer caused 74 072 deaths, and 168 690 cases were estimated to have occurred in 2018. The age-standardized incidence rate stood at 37.9/100 000 in Africa, varying from 6.9/100 000 in the Gambia to 69.6/100 000 in Mauritius.10 Dec 2021.