Expert says Cancer Can Be Genetically Determined

The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Prof. Adewale Olomu, has said there is a discovery in the management of cancer, saying some forms of cancer can be genetically determined.

Olomu stated this while speaking with newsmen  in Abeokuta, adding that the solution to the ravaging cancer disease had been discovered.

He stated that with an early test for cancer, many patients can be saved, noting that, there has been a rise in the death of cancer patients as a result of late detection.

“It is possible to detect cancer through peoples’ fingerprints” Prof. Adewale said.

“Cancer is a ravaging disease and the technology we created is to detect the possibility of having cancer through  fingerprint, because these fingerprints are genetically determined and when we look at the pattern of a patient’s fingerprint and compare it with a normal one, we can say the patient is likely to have cancer of the breast or cancer of the cervix in the future, so we can use that to determine and we can prevent a lot of people coming down with cancer” he said.

Prof. Adewale Olomu further stated that the solution for cancer is on the way and the new technology to predict if a person will have cancer in the future through examining the fingerprints is a right step in the right direction.