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About half of Americans who should be screened for colon cancer aren't tested for the disease, which kills about 50,000 each year and is largely survivable if detected early. An expert panel convened by the National Institutes of Health drew attention yesterday to the shortcomings in the nation's effort to lower colorectal-cancer deaths and recommended improvements.
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According to recent research from the United States, Genomics and proteomics have held out the promise of individualized medicine for the last 10 or 20 years, but clinical medicine has not yet delivered on this promise. Some cancers, such as breast cancer and some hematologic malignancies, have been at the forefront of individualized therapeutic approaches by integrating molecular biomarkers into treatment decision algorithms.
Computed tomographic colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, remains effective in screening older patients for colorectal cancer (CRC), produces low referral for colonoscopy rates similar to other screening exams now covered by Medicare, and does not result in unreasonable levels of additional testing resulting from extracolonic findings, according to a study published in the February issue of Radiology.
Fresh data on hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer are presented in the report 'DNA mismatch repair deficiency in sporadic colorectal cancer and Lynch syndrome.' According to recent research published in the journal Histopathology, DNA mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency is one of the best understood forms of genetic instability in colorectal cancer (CRC), and is characterized by the loss of function of the MMR pathway.
Physical activity appears to be associated with a reduced risk or slower progression of several age-related conditions as well as improvements in overall health in older age, according to a commentary and four articles published in the January 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
IsoRay, Inc. announced that it has successfully shipped the first set of Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds to a Canadian customer for the purpose of furthering research and development of Cesium-131 in Canada. Cesium-131 is currently approved by Health Canada for the treatment of low-risk prostate cancers and has been cleared by the US FDA for treatment of a wide variety of malignant disease (e.g. prostate, head and neck, brain, breast, lung, eye, etc.).
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Almost nothing tastes better on a cold, gray day than a piping bowl of soup. And almost nothing more easily feeds a crowd. So we asked readers to send us their favorite soup and stew recipes - - the ones they simmer on the stove when there's a chill in the air, or when they find themselves with a house full of guests.
About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say.
They could be called super berries. Borrowing the super label from other fruits that are high in antioxidants, the berries with both foreign- sounding and familiar names are stars of the natural-foods and alternative-medicine worlds: acai, aronia, goji, sambucus, even coffeeberry.
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