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Research Conducted At University Of Washington Has Updated Our Knowledge About Colon Cancer
POSTED: June 30, 2009According to recent research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, "Colorectal cancer incidence was reduced among women assigned to active treatment in the Women's Health Initiative (WHO estrogen plus progestin-randomized trial, but the interpretation was obscured by an associated later stage of diagnosis. in contrast, th...
No Colorectal Cancer Decline In U.S. Poor
POSTED: June 26, 2009ATLANTA -- A drop in colorectal cancer incidence seen throughout the United States has not occurred among people living in poorer communities, researchers said. American Cancer Society epidemiologists examined colorectal cancer incidence trends from 1995-2004 from 19 cancer registries covering about 53 percent of the U.S. population. They com...
What Are The Risk Factors Of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer?
POSTED: June 26, 2009Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers in China. Although the association between the epidemiological factors and sporadic colorectal cancer has been studied, the relation between smoking, alcohol drinking, family history of cancer, body mass index (BMI) and sporadic colorectal cancer still remains uncertain. So it is important to inv...
US Counties With More African-American Patients May Have Fewer Colorectal Cancer Specialists
POSTED: June 26, 2009Each percentage point increase in the African American population in a county appears to be associated with a decrease in the number of specialists within that county who diagnose and treat colorectal cancer, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In contrast, counties with a higher percentage ...
Less Invasive CT-Scan Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Method Shows Good Accuracy
POSTED: June 26, 2009Computed tomographic (CT) colonography may offer patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer an alternative to colonoscopy that is less-invasive, is better-tolerated and has good diagnostic accuracy, according to a study in the June 17 issue of JAMA. Colorectal cancer (CRC) accounts for approximately 210,000 deaths each year in Europe. CT colo...
Promising Biomarker And Candidate Tumor Suppressor Gene Identified For Colorectal Cancer
POSTED: June 26, 2009Researchers have identified a new candidate tumor suppressor gene in colorectal cancer and examined its use as a potential biomarker in stool samples, according to a new study published online June 17 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In the study, Manon van Engeland, Ph.D., of the Department of Pathology at Maastricht University Medic...
Promising Biomarker And Candidate Tumor Suppressor Gene Identified For Colorectal Cancer
POSTED: June 26, 2009Researchers have identified a new candidate tumor suppressor gene in colorectal cancer and examined its use as a potential biomarker in stool samples, according to a new study published online June 17 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In the study, Manon van Engeland, Ph.D., of the Department of Pathology at Maastricht University Medic...
Healthy Advice Networks Announces Improved Patient Outcomes In Physicians' Offices With Healthy Advice Programs
POSTED: June 23, 2009CINCINNATI -- Healthy Advice Networks, the nation's leading provider of physician office-based patient-education programs, reports that in practices with Healthy Advice educational programs, 16.9 percent more patients had PSA tests (prostate cancer screening) and 10.6 percent more patients had colonoscopies (colon cancer screening) compared to ...
Research From Harvard University Reveals New Findings On Colon Cancer
POSTED: June 21, 2009According to a study from the United States, "Patients often see primary care physicians with symptoms that might signal colorectal cancer but are also common in adults without cancer. Physicians and patients must then make a difficult decision about whether and how aggressively to evaluate the symptom." "Favoring referral is that missed diagnoses le...
Promising Biomarker And Candidate Tumor Suppressor Gene Identified For Colorectal Cancer
POSTED: June 21, 2009Researchers have identified a new candidate tumor suppressor gene in colorectal cancer and examinedits use as a potential biomarker in stool samples, according to a new study published online June 17 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In the study, Manon van Engeland, Ph.D., of the Department of Pathology at Maastricht University Medica...
