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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Mar 10th, 2009
Colon problems are actually quite common throughout a person’s life, from childhood, through teen years, and adulthood. Regular cancer screening of the colon should start at the age of 50.
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Mar 9th, 2009
The Health Department and the Health and Hospitals Corporation urged New Yorkers 50 and older not to skip a life-saving colon cancer screening because of a lack of health insurance.
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Mar 7th, 2009
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal cancers are one of the most preventable cancers. Early screening is important to finding the cancers early when treatment can work best.
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Mar 6th, 2009
In an effort to reduce the toll from colon and rectal cancer, Missouri health officials are offering free screenings to people in the St. Louis area who lack health insurance.
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Mar 2nd, 2009
CCME supports national “Dress in Blue Day” to promote early detection of Colon Cancer.
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Mar 2nd, 2009
A new water method on scheduled unsedated colonoscopy may show how the time interval between the completion of the last dose of bowel preparation and the start of colonoscopy predicts the quality of the bowel preparation.
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Feb 24th, 2009
The presence of a biomarker in regional lymph nodes is an independent predictor of disease recurrence in patients with colorectal cancer.
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Feb 16th, 2009
There are many research articles that have shown that people who are physically active are less likely to develop colon cancer. The British Journal of Cancer has just published another article that reiterates this fact.
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Feb 6th, 2009
A $985,000 grant will help University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) resident physicians reach more Arkansas patients about the importance of colon cancer screenings.
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Feb 2nd, 2009
Repeated inflammation that leads to colon cancer may have met its match. A tiny molecule found in most plant-based foods douses the flames before damaging lesions can form in the colon, according to a study by Texas AgriLife Research scientist Dr. Nancy Turner.
