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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Jan 17th, 2009
African-American patients with colorectal were more likely to present with worse pathological features at diagnosis and to have a worse five-year survival rate compared to Caucasian patients.
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Jan 14th, 2009
Overall survival results from a 14-month follow-up of the international, Phase III NO16966 study confirm that oral Xeloda plus oxaliplatin (XELOX) is comparable to a current standard treatment.
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Jan 8th, 2009
Maslinic acid is a novel natural compound and it is able to induce apoptosis or programmed death in human HT29 colon cancer cells via the intrinsic mitochondrial pathway. Scientifics suggest this could be a useful new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of colon carcinoma.
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Dec 30th, 2008
A new online tool for calculating colorectal cancer risk in men and women age 50 or older was launched today, based on a new risk-assessment model developed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute.
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Dec 30th, 2008
Researchers found that mice that lack the immune inhibitory molecule Smad3 are acutely sensitive to both bacterially-induced inflammation and cancer. Smad3, may therefore increase susceptibility to colon cancer.
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Dec 22nd, 2008
Colonoscopy appears to reduce the overall risk of death from colorectal cancer, a new study suggests, but it is ineffective at preventing death from cancers that originate in the right side of the colon.
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Dec 16th, 2008
An analysis of previous studies indicates that smoking is significantly associated with an increased risk for colorectal cancer and death.
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Dec 16th, 2008
Physicians should advise patients of colonscopy test limitations in identifying some colon cancers.
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Dec 15th, 2008
The gap in colon cancer mortality between blacks and whites has been widening over the last two decades, in part because of blacks' lower screening rates and poorer access to care.
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Dec 15th, 2008
One in 35 people with colon cancer carry a hereditary form of the disease.
