Virtual Biopsy Detects Colon Cancer, Minimizes Need for Surgery

Researchers at the Jacksonville, Florida, Mayo Clinic have developed a new device for use in colonoscopies that is so incredibly powerful it can zero in on just one blood cell moving through a single blood vessel, in real time.  And, in almost every case, the device made it possible for doctors to determine, during the course of the colonoscopy and without surgery, if any polyps found were benign, meaning OK to leave in place, or cancerous, meaning they need immediate surgical removal. Read more