Ithimba labacwaningi eliholwa yiNational University Health System (NUHS) kanye neDuke University School of Medicine basebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-genomic ukuze baqonde kangcono i-intestinal metaplasia (IM), into eyaziwayo engozini yomdlavuza wesisu. Iziguli ezine-IM zisemathubeni aphindwe kasithupha okuba nomdlavuza wesisu kunalezo ezingawutholi. Lolu cwaningo luyingxenye ebalulekile yophenyo olunesifiso sokuqonda ukuthi kungani abanye abantu beba nomdlavuza wesisu, kuyilapho abanye bengakwenzi. Lolu cwaningo, olushicilelwe kujenali ephezulu yocwaningo lomdlavuza iCancer Cell, lungasiza futhi ukuthola iziguli ezitheleleke nge-H. pylori.
According to statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), umdlavuza wesisu is the third deadliest cancer in the world, with more than 300 deaths each year in Singapore. It is believed that the disease is caused by H. pylori infection, but it can be treated if found early. Unfortunately, more than two-thirds of patients with gastric cancer are diagnosed only at an advanced stage.
Ucwaningo lwangaphambili lofuzo lwe-IM lwalugxile kakhulu ezigulini okutholwe ukuthi zinomdlavuza wesisu, kodwa indlela yokubikezela ukwenzeka nokuthuthuka kwesimo sesiguli ingaphezu kwamandla. Lolu cwaningo olusha olokuqala ukwenza imephu ebanzi yofuzo futhi lungasiza Ukubikezela kangcono amathuba okuba khona kwesifo nokukhula.
