Liver & Colon Cancer

Relation between Schistosoma japonicum, liver and colon cancers discovered

Published in Health and Medicine Week, April 4th, 2005

Researchers have found a likely association between Schistosoma japonicum and liver and colon cancers.

According to recent data gathered in the United States, "A study of liver and colon cancers and their association with a previous diagnosis of schistosomiasis was performed in rural Sichuan, China. The data analyzed came from 127 liver-cancer and 142 colon-cancer patients, each matched, by age, gender, hospital and township, with one or two controls."

"The cancer cases were identified from the hospital records of three Sichuan counties (all of which have some level of endemic schistosomiasis japonicum): Meishan (66 liver and 54 colon cases),...

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Source: Health and Medicine Week (2005-04-04)

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