Colon Cancer News

Stopping a killer in its tracks meant hours spent surgically cutting out all visible cancer inside Geary Waldrop's stomach -- and then bathing his insides with a cocktail of chemotherapy drugs heated halfway to a boil.

ScienceDaily - Colorectal adenocarcinoma accounts for the majority of cases of colorectal cancer.

Social studies teacher Wynn Wright is taking it one day at a time. First the Olympia man had to battle cancer, then the Bethel School District, to keep doing the job he loves.

Now that a nationwide audience has gotten a look inside the Creasey family's new home, the family is finally getting a chance to settle in.

In an interview, al-Homsi explained that the screening programme became necessary as there had been an increase in the number of colorectal cancer cases in the country.

Hormone replacement therapy can carry serious health risks, but a new study adds to evidence that menopausal women who use the hormones may have lower odds of developing colon cancer.

Rosetta Genomics today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued three patents to the company covering the composition of matter of human microRNAs.

A city councilor in Sherwood, Ore., who survived an aggressive form of brain cancer 22 years ago is battling it again.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it reached an agreement with regulators on the design of a late-stage study of its cancer drug candidate perifosine.

A diagnosis of prostate cancer can be unnerving enough to up a man's odds for either suicide or fatal heart attack, new research indicates.

An American Cancer Society program designed to help cancer patients get to their treatment appointments is desperately seeking volunteers to keep the program moving.

Looking to increase patient screenings, Berkshire Medical Center is offering a new program designed to streamline appointments for colonoscopies.

Today's the big day, when Lexington becomes the focus of national attention on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition .

AEterna Zentaris Inc. , a late-stage drug development company specialized in oncology and endocrinology, today announced that its partner, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals , presented updated results yesterday on the clinical activity of perifosine , the Company's PI3K/Akt pathway inhibitor for cancer, in combination with capecitabine ) as a treatment for ...

Newswise - Bridging a Cultural Healthcare Gap - Like other new immigrant groups, Korean Americans' health risks - diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancer - increase after arriving in the U.S. Unfortunately, too many also miss out on needed healthcare services until they are seriously, often chronically ill.

I read with great interest the letter in The Weekend Telegram entitled "Questions about cancer treatment." Junior Parsons has bought up some excellent points regarding colon cancer screening and access to colonoscopy in this province.

Higher levels of vitamin D in the blood may help protect both men and women from cancers of the colon and rectum, confirm results of the largest study ever conducted on the topic.

Definition Lynch syndrome is a rare inherited condition that increases your risk of colon cancer and other cancers.

Keryx Reports Statistically Significant Benefit in Survival from Updated Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Study of KRX-0401 in the Treatment of Advanced Metastatic Colon Cancer Data Reported at the 2010 ASCO GI Cancers Symposium Demonstrate a Statistically Significant Improvement in Both Time to Tumor Progression ...

IsoRay, Inc. , announced that on October 10, 2009, Dr. Bhupesh Parashar, Dr. A Gabriella Wernicke and Dr.