Oncology & Cancer
Vitamin D and colorectal cancer survival
Vitamin D, the "sunshine vitamin," may be helpful for people diagnosed with colon cancer, says Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH, director of Yale Cancer Center.
Jun 11, 2019
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News tagged with metastatic colorectal cancer
Oncology & Cancer
Biomarker may predict if immunotherapy is right choice for colorectal cancer patients
Foundational research by a City of Hope physician-scientist and his colleagues could one day help metastatic colorectal cancer patients decide whether to choose immunotherapy or chemotherapy as their first treatment option.
May 2, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
High-dose vitamin D shows benefit in patients with advanced colorectal cancer
Results of a small clinical trial suggest that supplementing chemotherapy with high doses of vitamin D may benefit patients with metastatic colorectal cancer by delaying progression of the disease, say scientists from Dana-Farber ...
Apr 9, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Study points to new strategy for boosting immunotherapy effectiveness in advanced colorectal cancer
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center revealed the common oncogene KRAS as a possible explanation for why many patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) do not respond to immune checkpoint ...
Mar 21, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Immunotherapy may become new first line treatment in some metastatic colorectal cancers
Immunotherapy with nivolumab and low-dose ipilimumab could become a new first line treatment in patients with some metastatic colorectal cancers following late-breaking results from the CheckMate-142 trial reported at the ...
Oct 22, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
New way to target advanced breast cancers
A cytokine signature found in certain kinds of breast cancer cells can not only serve as a diagnostic tool for HER2-negative cancers but also offer an effective treatment target.
Sep 20, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Better understanding of how colon cancer develops and progresses
Researchers from the University of Luxembourg have discovered a molecular mechanism that is responsible for the spread of cancer cells in the body and the development of metastases in patients with colon cancer. Their findings ...
Sep 11, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Colon cancer treatment costs 2x more in US than Canada
People diagnosed with advanced colon cancer pay twice more per month for treatment in the United States than in Canada, but do not live any longer, researchers said Friday.
Jun 1, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Study shows new second line therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer is effective and safe
A randomised trial in 650 patients has confirmed the safety and efficacy of a new second line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer, researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2017 Congress.
Nov 20, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
PD-L1 mainly expressed in metastatic CRC lesions
(HealthDay)—Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is primarily expressed in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) lesions, according to a study published online Aug. 29 in the Journal of Digestive Diseases.
Sep 19, 2017
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