Serological Screening Test as a Tool for Early Prevention of Cancerous Disorders

Abstract

In medicine, there are many new evidence that some infections are the underlying risks contributing to the pre-cancerous lesion. The best examples are hepatitis infection that can lead to hepatoma and Helicobacter pylori infection which cause gastric carcinoma. The infectious induced cancers are important groups of cancers that are presently focused as preventable cancers. Since the infection is the early phase before development of pre-cancerous lesion, hence determination and treatment of infection means very early cutoff of the carcinogenesis process. The concept of cancer early diagnosis at present tends to the serological screening for the precancerous problem that is useful as a preventive mean for cancer control. The microbiological serological test becomes an important tool for this purpose. Several serodiagnostic tests are available as tools for early diagnosis of pre-cancerous lesions. In this specific brief article, the author summarizes and presents on some important serological screening that can be used as tools for early diagnosis and prevention of cancers. The main aim of this paper is to introduce the usage of screening test focusing on its effectiveness, pitfall and critical concerns, not on the already well-known pathology of infection induced carcinogenesis process.