The accuracy of detecting bowel cancer is increased to almost 100% by carrying out a common test twice rather than once, a new study published in the British Journal of Surgery shows.
May 17, 2023
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Researchers at University of Galway studying cell interactions in bowel cancer have identified innovative strategies to enhance how the body and drug treatments fight the disease.
May 11, 2023
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Conditions such as celiac disease and Parkinson's disease could be detected in principle up to 10 years earlier than they are currently, suggests a new study by UCL researchers.
May 5, 2023
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Patients can be reassured that delays in stoma reversal surgery do not affect long-term outcomes according to new research.
Apr 19, 2023
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Despite Australia and New Zealand having one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world, most Australians are either not having the right type of bowel cancer screening or not having any screening at all.
Apr 4, 2023
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Prenatal exposure to an anti-nausea drug commonly used in the 1960s and 1970s has been shown to increase risk of colorectal cancer in adult offspring, according to a study by researchers at UTHealth Houston.
Mar 10, 2023
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More younger adults are being diagnosed with colon cancer —also known as colorectal cancer—and at more advanced stages of the disease, says the American Cancer Society. It's a trend experts have seen over the last decade.
Mar 9, 2023
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Microbubble technology could help surgeons target cancer better, reducing the need for bowel cancer patients to have life-changing operations, research led by a University of Strathclyde scientist has found.
Mar 7, 2023
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Researchers from Imperial College London, the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and the Netherlands Cancer Institute, found that the test can predict whether a bowel cancer patient will benefit from chemotherapy. It is thought ...
Mar 2, 2023
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An approved drug for chronic constipation also relieves the pain associated with that condition. New research by Scott Waldman, MD, Ph.D., chair of pharmacology, physiology and cancer biology at Jefferson, demonstrates that ...
Feb 17, 2023
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