A Japanese firm is poised to carry out what it hailed as the world's first experiment to test for cancer using urine samples, which would greatly facilitate screening for the deadly disease.
Apr 17, 2018
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(HealthDay)—More than 1.3 million Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer, but new research suggests that adopting a healthy lifestyle goes a long way toward boosting survival.
Apr 12, 2018
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Two common iron compounds increase the formation of a known biomarker for cancer, according to a new study of cancer cells from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. The two compounds, ferric citrate and ferric EDTA, ...
Apr 12, 2018
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Colon cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths. The APC protein has long been known for its critical role in preventing colorectal cancer. When APC is inactivated, the development of colorectal cancer ...
Apr 2, 2018
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Chemotherapy courses after surgery could be cut in half for some colon cancer patients, according to a new global study.
Mar 29, 2018
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Some stage III colon cancer patients can cut in half the number of chemotherapy treatments they receive after surgery, significantly reducing the costs, treatment time, and long-term toxic effects of chemotherapy, according ...
Mar 28, 2018
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For many years, physicians have puzzled over why people with "clean" colonoscopies went on to develop colon cancer. New findings from the Oklahoma Medical Research may help explain why, and the discovery could lead to ways ...
Mar 28, 2018
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A research team led by Monica Bettencourt Dias, from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC, Portugal), has discovered important features of cancer cells that may help clinicians fighting cancer. The researchers observed that ...
Mar 28, 2018
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Faced with certain death, what do patients have to lose by trying experimental drugs that have not been approved for the market?
Mar 13, 2018
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Say ordering a cancer screening test was as easy as booking a hotel room online. Would that improve screening rates?
Mar 12, 2018
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