James, Veronica2015-12-132015-12-131234-1010http://hdl.handle.net/1885/86137Background: Molecular structural changes in hair, skin and breast associated with breast cancer have been observed using synchrotron fibre diffraction. These results raised the possibility that such hair studies might be used as a non-invasive diagnosticKeywords: tumor marker; article; breast carcinoma; cancer diagnosis; cancer screening; clinical article; colon; colon carcinoma; controlled study; diagnostic accuracy; diagnostic value; diffraction; disease association; disease marker; early diagnosis; fiber; hair Colon cancer; Fibre diffraction of hair; Screening test20032015-12-12