Digestive System Diseases: News and Research on Colorectal Neoplasms

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Researchers develop a new model to study colorectal cancer

Researchers at Åbo Akademi University have identified a new molecular change in patients with colorectal cancer and developed a genetic disease model that forms tumors in the large intestine, resembling those seen in patients. ...

Ulcerative proctitis not linked to higher rectal cancer risk

People with ulcerative proctitis, a milder and more limited form of ulcerative colitis, are not at higher risk of developing rectal cancer than the general population. This is shown in a new Swedish registry study from Karolinska ...

Can chemo-resistant cancer cells be resensitized?

Overcoming tumor resistance to chemotherapy drugs has long been a challenge for oncology clinicians and researchers. Now, a new study suggests that blocking a key protein, p300, may force damaged cancer cells into a state ...

A fungus living in our body can make melanoma more aggressive

Cancer is one of the causes responsible for the most deaths worldwide. In 2020, for example, it resulted in ten million deaths. It has been estimated that microorganism infections caused between 13 and 18% of these cases. ...

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