Radiology & Imaging
Family, friends crucial to whether you get screened for cancer
Having close family and friends who care about their health makes women more likely to get regularly screened for cancer, a new study has found.
Oct 18, 2024
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Colon Cancer
Health informatics
Health screenings in underserved populations
Cancer is a leading cause of death among Hispanic people in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. Compared to non-Hispanic white people, Hispanic men and women are less likely to be diagnosed with common cancers ...
Oct 18, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Colorectal cancer diagnosis found to impact lives of younger adults differently than older adults
Younger adults with colon cancer tend to be diagnosed at a later stage and have more aggressive types of tumors. Additionally, young patients living with colorectal cancer have long-term, adverse consequences on their lives, ...
Oct 18, 2024
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Medications
Cancer biologists discover the drug, 5-fluorouracil, acts differently in different types of cancer
Since the 1950s, a chemotherapy drug known as 5-fluorouracil has been used to treat many types of cancer, including blood cancers and cancers of the digestive tract.
Oct 7, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Colonoscopies among the young are on the rise
Colon cancers are increasing among younger Americans, so much so that experts advised in 2021 that colonoscopy screening begins at the age of 45, not 50 as had been previously recommended.
Oct 4, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Hereditary colorectal cancer: Researchers reclassify a large proportion of leading gene variants as benign
The genetic confirmation of a suspected diagnosis of hereditary colorectal cancer is of great importance for the medical care of affected families. However, many of the variants identified in the known genes cannot yet be ...
Oct 1, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Affordable care act may increase access to colon cancer care for underserved groups
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has led to increased guideline-concordant care for colon cancer among non-white patients, patients from rural areas, and patients from the most deprived neighborhoods in Pennsylvania, according ...
Sep 21, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Vulnerable patients have a decreased mortality risk when treated at commission on cancer-accredited hospitals
Vulnerable patients facing social, environmental, and economic disadvantages often experience worse cancer outcomes than other groups. Some of these disparities may be reduced by increasing access to hospitals accredited ...
Sep 19, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Evidence of inverse relationship between incidence of Alzheimer's disease and colorectal cancer
A team of epidemiologists at the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, in China, has shown experimental evidence of an inverse relationship between incidences of Alzheimer's disease and colorectal cancer.
Health
Why beans are a natural superfood
Beans may sometimes give you gas, but one expert says that shouldn't stop you from finding ways to include them in your diet.
Sep 16, 2024
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