The decision to treat patients with stage II colon cancer with adjuvant chemotherapy remains controversial. Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify reliable prognostic biomarkers that may be used to identify which ...
Jul 8, 2024
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American men are blowing their best chance to head off cancer or spot it early, when it's easiest to treat, a new survey warns.
Jul 5, 2024
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While chemotherapy can stimulate antitumor immunity, it may also impair immune cell function and induce lymphodepletion, reducing the effectiveness of subsequent immunotherapy. Thus, nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems ...
Jun 28, 2024
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An analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial for patients with stage 3 colon cancer found that those with PIK3CA mutations who took celecoxib, an anti-inflammatory drug, after surgery lived significantly longer and ...
Jun 18, 2024
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Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that an attenuated (weakened) virus can help eliminate cancer in mice. In addition, mice that were treated with this virus were more resistant to developing tumors later in ...
Jun 11, 2024
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A short course of immunotherapy was found to be highly effective in a subset of patients with colon cancer. The treatment, which consisted of two cycles of immunotherapy prior to surgery, was effective in almost all patients. ...
Jun 5, 2024
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Some women who experience menopause early—before age 40—have an increased risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, according to research being presented at ENDO 2024, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Boston, ...
Jun 3, 2024
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It's important to ensure that care provided at US hospitals that predominantly serve Black and Hispanic populations is as high-quality as the care provided at other US hospitals. New research reveals significant disparities ...
May 27, 2024
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of a new blood test that can spot colon cancer.
May 26, 2024
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Colon cancer is increasingly hitting Americans under the age of 50, and a new study outlines the warning signs that these young patients first encounter.
May 24, 2024
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