This week, Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Maggie Westfal about a blood test being used to detect the return of colon cancer. Dr. Westfal is an Assistant Professor of Colorectal Surgery and a colorectal surgeon at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center.
TRANSCRIPT:
Conner: I’m Bobbi Conner for South Carolina Public Radio with Health Focus here at the radio studio for the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. A blood test that looks for tiny fragments of tumor DNA in the bloodstream is now being used to detect the return of colorectal cancer after treatment is completed. Doctor Maggie Westfal is here to talk about the details. Doctor Westfal is an Assistant Professor of Colorectal Surgery, and she’s a colorectal surgeon at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. Doctor Westfal, tell us about the circulating tumor DNA blood test that has become an important tool to help detect the return of colon cancer…