Genetic Test And Mouth Cancer

A new gene test may be able to detect precancerous cells in patients with begin looking mouth lesions according to a study published in the International Journal of Cancer . Researchers used a special diagnostic test to analyze head and neck specimens from 229 patients in the United Kingdom. The genetic test they performed is less invasive than standard methods which require a 1-2mm tissue specimen , also the genetic results are available in a much shorter time . The study showed that the genetic test had a cancer detection rate of 94% in the specimens that were used for the tissue samples. The study is groundbreaking in the fact that it allows the release patients with harmless lesions and with out the unnecessary anxiety of waiting a week for the lab biopsy results.