Washington, 25 may (EFE).-an American teenager of 15 years, Jack Andraka, has invented a new, simple and cheap way, to detect early-stage pancreatic cancer, today reported the chain CNN.

discovery has earned him first prize in the science and engineering fair more important in the world, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Andraka, of the State of Maryland, was awarded with a prize of 75,000 dollars by creating this method cause cancer detection “by using samples of blood and urine analysis”.

test has shown that 90% more accurately than those used hitherto, is 28 times more cheaply and thousand times more sensitive than current for this type of cancer. evidence

“I am working with Johns Hopkins University to improve the patent and I’m also beginning to offer the product to different companies” to market it, explained the young inventor.

Andraka Er erklärte, die erkennen frühzeitig pankreatischen Krebs erhöht die Heilungschancen um fast einhundert Prozent.

hinzufügen, um die Vorteile seiner Methode nicht invasiv in den Körper ist

die Bauchspeicheldrüse ist die vierthäufigste Ursache für Todesfälle in Verbindung mit Krebs in der Welt.

Risikofaktoren sind Rauchen, Übergewicht, hoher Verzehr von rotem Fleisch, hohe Zuckerverbrauch, eine Ernährung, die arm an Ballaststoffen und Diabetes Mellitus.

der Amerikaner jedes Jahr 44.000 Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs diagnostiziert. EFE