colorectal
Evaluating More Lymph Nodes May Not Improve Identification Of Late-stage Colorectal Cancer
Surgically removing and evaluating an increasing number of lymph nodes does not appear to identify a greater number of patients with stage III colorectal cancer, according to a new ...
Even In A Safety Net Health System, Colorectal Cancer Screening Disparities Remain
Colorectal cancer screening rates are much lower among those in a safety net health system compared to the national average, and the number one predictor of screening is a combination of regular ...
Women Fare Better Than Men With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Are Hormones Helping?
Younger women with metastatic colorectal cancer lived longer than younger men. However, this survival advantage disappeared with age, suggesting a benefit from estrogen or other hormones, according to ...
Cost-savings Of Colorectal Cancer Screening As Treatment Costs Increase
Investing in some colorectal cancer screening programs could cut future, more expensive treatment costs in half, according to a new study. The only screening program found not to be cost-saving was ...
115 Newly Identified Genes Implicated In Colorectal Cancer
Previously, only a few genes had been associated with the formation of metastases in colorectal cancer. Now, researchers have identified 115 genes that are disregulated both in the primary tumor and ...
Wholegrains, not fibre, seem to lower colorectal cancer risk
Scientists have long debated whether or not total fibre intake affects the risk of developing colorectal cancer. Now a US study has shown that wholegrains, not total fibre, seem to be effective ...
Screening Guidelines For Breast, Cervical And Colorectal Cancers Redefined
Drawing on years of experience in cancer research and patient care, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center released today the most comprehensive, risk-based screening guidelines publicly ...
Research Points To New Target For Stopping Colon Cancer
New research has found a drug target that suggests a potent way to kill colon cancers that resist current drugs aimed at blocking a molecule found on the surface of ...
Tumors Feel The Deadly Sting Of Nanobees
When bees sting, they pump poison into their victims. Now the toxin in bee venom has been harnessed to kill tumor cells. Researchers attached the major component of bee venom to nano-sized spheres ...
Human Breast Cancer Hit For Six: Key Role For Six1 In Tumor Development And Metastasis
Researchers have provided new insight into breast cancer development using mouse models and analysis of human cells, implicating the protein Six1 as central to this ...
