Bowel cancer 

 

Bowel cancer is the second most cancer with approx. 70,000 incidences per year in Germany. It is curable at a rate of more than 90% provided that the pre-stages, i.e. bowel polyps, are detected and removed early enough.

 

Hitherto for diagnosis, mostly stool tests are used checking the stool for blood or detecting anti-bodies which may indicate bowel cancer – yet some of them react too late, others show false positive results.

 

A coloscopy is more specific. Yet there is a low willingness of patients; the test is often avoided. Thus there is the danger of detecting the pre-stages of bowel cancer or bowel cancer too late to cure. 

 

 

The PSP blood test is patient-friendly and easy to handle because a blood sample enough; no stool sample is necessary which might lead to diet limitations or drug limitations for several days.

The PSP blood test is medically important because it is simultaneously sensitive and specific. Thus even small bowel polyps are detected and the coloscopy becomes more targeted.