On the trail of polyps

Colorectal cancer: What “detectives” find out in the lab

Is it colorectal cancer? This can be determined on the basis of tissue samples taken during the screening examination.(Bild: peterschreiber.media/stock.adobe.com)

Colon cancer is an insidious disease that recently claimed the life of musician Paul Spencer, who performed under the name Dario G, at the age of 53. However, more than 90 percent of all colon cancers can be prevented by the timely removal of polyps ...

If the gastroenterologist finds abnormal tissue during the colonoscopy, he sends it to the pathologist for detailed analysis in the laboratory. The treatment and therefore the patient's life depends on this. And even if many of us don't like the idea of having our intestines poked around and perhaps even having tissue removed, the modern possibilities of cancer prevention in this area are impressive. This is where pathology, the "medical detective work" in the laboratory, plays a life-saving role. How can you imagine a cancer analysis like this? Krone+ has the video.