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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.

  • Colorectal Cancer Treatment Pushed To New Standard
    Armen Hareyan
    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.

  • Aspirin Could Help Prevent Colon Cancer
    Tyler Woods Ph.D.
    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.

  • Language A Barrier To Colorectal Cancer Screening
    Ruzanna Harutyunyan
    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.

  • Colorectal Cancer Screenings for People without Health Insurance
    Deborah Mitchell
    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.

  • Prebiotics May Help Prevent Colon Cancer
    Deborah Mitchell
    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.

  • Regular Aspirin Use Reduces Colorectal Cancer Risk
    Ruzanna Harutyunyan
    Aug 14th, 2009

    Regular use of aspirin after colorectal cancer diagnosis may reduce the risk of cancer death.

  • Aspirin Can Help Colorectal Cancer Patients
    Tyler Woods Ph.D.
    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.

  • Identifying Individuals At Colon Cancer Risk
    Ruzanna Harutyunyan
    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.

  • Farrah Fawcett Dies From Anal Cancer
    Ramona Bates MD
    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.

  • African Americans Have Fewer Colorectal Cancer Specialists
    Ruzanna Harutyunyan
    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.

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