According to the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology -seom-, in 2025, new cases of cancer will be recorded, which represents 3.3% more than in the past 2024. Thus, there are certain types of cancer that have a higher mortality rate, highlighting lung cancer, which caused 18.2% of the total deaths of cancer worldwide. Even so, Colon cancer is another of the most aggressive.
The Health director of the Clinic of Barcelona, Antoni Castells, together with the gastroenterologist of the University Hospital of the Enrique Quintero, have been responsible for leading a study for ten years. After doing so, the conclusion has been most valuable: In addition to colonoscopy, there is another much less invasive and aggressive test which is equally able to anticipate and predict a possible case of colorectal cancer.
The test for early detection
Health experts and professionals They talk about the effectiveness of the hidden blood test. In this way, the patient only has to present a sample that will later be analyzed, something that makes them show much more willing to go through the process.
The Clinic-IDIBAPS Hospital and the Canary Islands University Hospital confirm the effectiveness of making a stool test to anticipate colon cancer. Some population groups are more predisposed to suffer. It is more frequent between over 45 years and smokersin addition to overweight or obesity.
The excessive consumption of red meat, in addition to maintaining a low fiber and rich diet in fat It is another factors that increases the possibilities of suffering from colorectal cancer. Among its symptoms are the sensitivity and abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss and the presence of blood in the stool, something easily detectable in the test that the experts of both universities speak.
Lower colon cancer mortality
“These data have great relevance, because they show that a non -invasive test such as the hidden blood test in feces It can be a viable alternative to colonoscopy for coloring colorectal cancer”, Stresses Castells for the SINC agency. According to this, the number of participants in the hidden blood test was 40% compared to 32% of patients who lent themselves to colonoscopy, due to the difference in comfort between them.
Finally, and despite being the most frequent type of tumor both in men and women, It is important to talk about the descent of deaths from this condition in the last 20 yearsspecifically 20%. Thus, the death rate has gone from 37.9% to 30.4%, which represents 1.2% according to the SEOM data and Spanish network of cancer records -Dedcan-.
