Page 50, April 4, 1979 - North Shore News

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CANCER.

OCIETY FUNDS RESEARCH: Cancer.

researcher, Professor Charles Culling, explains the

new detection technique being developed.

New early test |
for colon cancer

Early detection of cancer
of the colon, one of the most
common types of cancer,
soon may be possible with a
simple test similar to the Pap
smear now used to test for
cervical cancer.

The—-—non-surgical
technique was developed by
Professor Charles Culling
and Dr. Philip E. Reid,
University of British
Columbia pathologists, who
have spent the past 10 years
in research on cancer of the
colon. Six months ago they
began laboratory” ex-
periments to see if they
could deyise a practical. test
for early diagnosis of the
disease.

“It was the Pap smear that
started me off,” said Culling,
one of the world’s leading
histo-chemists in the field of
carbohydrates. “Every hour
of every day a Canadian
contracts ‘cancer of the
colon. What was needed was
a simple test‘to make carly
diagnosis possible.”

He foresees the time when
the technique is developed
to the point where patients
can enter a doctor’s office
for the test.

The test would involve
putting a swab in the rectum
and removing some mucus
from the wall of the colon.
The mucus would be stained
by a chemical, turning blue
if cancer was present or red
if 1 was normal.

“If diagnosed early, either
the cancer or the colon can
be removed, and the patient
cured for life,” Culling said.

So far, the technique has
been tested only on cancer
specimens removed from
paticnts. Clinical testing will
involve specimens from
several thousand = patients
and volunteers to determine
whether the test will work
with specimens taken tn
doctors’ offices.

Culling and Reid have
received a Canadian Cancer

he

Society grant of $20,730 for
this year and a similar
amount for 1980 to complete
trials of the early detection
test. ,

Previously, cancer of the
colon was difficult to find
and even when it spread to

.other organs, the physician

would have difficulty in
determining the location -of
the original tumor.

“Now if cancer is found in
the lung or liver and we can
identify colon mucin by
Staining biopsy sections, we
can tell the surgeon if the
primary tumor is in the
colon,” said Culling.

Dr. W.L. Dunn and Dr.
Ann Worth, pathologists,
and Dr. M. Graham Clay, a
surgeon, are also members
of this research team.

.Wecause
every child
has the
right to
smile

1979
_ International Year
of the Child

Unicef Canada ©

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