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Diagnosis of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Often Delayed
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 – Nearly half of individuals diagnosed with early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) present with hematochezia and abdominal pain, and one-quarter present with altered bowel...
Combo Therapy Boosts Survival for Advanced Colon Cancer
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 – People battling advanced colon cancers might have a new treatment option that could extend their survival, a new trial finds. A combination of two experimental...
FDA Panel Gives Nod to Blood Test for Colon Cancer
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of a new blood test that can spot colon cancer. The panel voted 7-2 that the benefits...
Colon Cancers Are Rising Among the Young: Know the Warning Signs
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – 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. The analysis was...
Offering Choice of CRC Screening Increases Completion Rates
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – For adults who are not up to date with colorectal cancer screening, offering a choice of colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) increases screening completion...
To Boost Colon Cancer Screening, Give Patients Choices
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – Giving patients a choice between screening methods could help doctors detect colon cancer earlier, a new study shows. More than double the number of patients underwent colon...
Most Cancer Treatments Near End of Life Are Useless: Study
FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 – Cutting-edge cancer treatments are essentially useless for patients barely clinging to life, a new study shows. Chemotherapies, immunotherapies, targeted therapies and hormone...
DDW: 1999 to 2020 Saw Rise in Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in People Under 45
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – For individuals aged younger than 45 years, the incidence of colorectal cancer increased considerably from 1999 to 2020, with a 333 percent increase among those aged 15 to 19...
Colon Cancer Cases Rising Sharply Among Children, Teens
THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 – Colon cancer steadily increased among young people in the United States over the past two decades, with tweens enduring the most dramatic leap in cancer rates, a new study...
Risk for Colorectal Cancer Is Low for Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
TUESDAY, May 7, 2024 – The prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is low for patients undergoing colonoscopy after an episode of uncomplicated diverticulitis, according to a study published online...
Extending Interval Between Colonoscopies Feasible After Negative Result
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 – For individuals without a family history of colorectal cancer (CRC), increasing the interval between colonoscopies for those with a first colonoscopy with negative findings...
Science Reveals How Aspirin Prevents Colon Cancer
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 – Long-term daily use of aspirin has been known to prevent colon cancer, but up to now it’s been unclear why that is. Now, researchers think they understand how aspirin a...
Aspirin May Enhance Immunosurveillance Against Colorectal Cancer
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 – Aspirin may promote an immune response against cancer, with fewer nodal metastases and higher infiltration of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes among aspirin users with...
Mortality Down for Rectal Cancer Surgery at NAPRC-Accredited Hospitals
FRIDAY, April 19, 2024 – National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC)-accredited hospitals have lower risk-adjusted mortality and morbidity for patients undergoing major rectal cancer...
Detection of Serrated Polyps Improved With Propofol During Colonoscopy
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – Propofol sedation during colonoscopy seems to be associated with improved detection of serrated polyps, according to a study published online April 17 in Anesthesiology....
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