Colon Cancer:
Colon Cancer, Symptoms of Colon Cancer and Treatment. Latest news on colon cancer tests, chemotherapy and detection. Updated research on colorectal cancer signs and early symptoms.
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Oct 26th, 2009
In a review article published this month in The Oncologist, UNC’s Dr. Richard M. Goldberg and a team of colleagues catalogue how the data collected in a single large comparative clinical trial testing combination chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer has been used not only to benefit the patients that enrolled but also patients who subsequently developed the disease.
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Sep 21st, 2009
We have heard that an aspirin daily can help heart conditions, and now thanks to a study in Berlin, we are now discovering two aspirins a day can help people who are genetically susceptible to colon cancer.
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Sep 11th, 2009
More than 40 percent of Mexican-Americans in California have never had either of the most common screening tests for colorectal cancer, compared with 22 percent of non-Latino white Californians, which could be due to language barriers between patients and physicians.
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Sep 9th, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that 26 states and tribal organizations will receive funds to provide free or low-cost colorectal cancer screenings for people who have no or inadequate health insurance. Screenings should begin in about six months.
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Sep 4th, 2009
A new study from Germany notes that prebiotics may prevent the growth of colon cancer cells as well as promote the death of the cancer cells once they are present.
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Aug 14th, 2009
Regular use of aspirin after colorectal cancer diagnosis may reduce the risk of cancer death.
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Aug 12th, 2009
There are so many uses for the common aspirin. It helps with aches and pains, reduces fever, and is recommended for preventing heart attacks and strokes and now aspirin can help colorectal cancer patients. Aspirin is noted for its anticancer effects which suggest that regular aspirin use may help lower the risk of colon polyps however, a study published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association is linking aspirin use and colon cancer survival.
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Jul 14th, 2009
A new study identifies a group of individuals at increased risk for developing colon cancer and holds the promise for developing new tailored cancer treatments.
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Jun 25th, 2009
Actress Farrah Fawcett, 62, was diagnosed with anal cancer almost three years ago in September 2006. She died today at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., of anal cancer.
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Jun 17th, 2009
The higher the number of African Americans in a U.S. county, the lower the number of specialists who diagnose and treat colorectal cancer.