Spotting colon cancer early with the ‘Google Earth of colonoscopies’

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Spotting colon cancer early with the ‘Google Earth of colonoscopies’

A new optical imaging system in the works could revolutionize the diagnosis of colon cancer. Currently, colonoscopies only manage to detect 39 % of bowel cancer cases in the early stages. Now, the EU-funded PROSCOPE project’s novel screening platform has the potential to save up to half of the 160 000 lives lost in Europe every year because of this disease.

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