Colorectal Health News

Health screening tests greatly impact the public's health because they involve testing of asymptomatic populations for specific diseases or health conditions for which specific interventions may alter disease progression before appearance of clinical signs and symptoms.

As all the world knows now, Hollywood star Angelina Jolie chose to have a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of hereditary breast cancer from around 90 percent to five percent.

Researchers from London's Kingston University have begun a two-year study which could help prolong the lives of people with colorectal tumours.

EKF Diagnostics, the point-of-care diagnostics business, has announced the launch of EKF Molecular Diagnostics' PointMan DNA Enrichment kits at ASCO 2013, 31st May 4th June, Chicago.

Laura Simpson, Michael O'Connor and Matt Sansavera are among the cancer patients who have benefited from The Gathering Place.

Middle-aged men who stayed fit were less likely to die from three common cancers after being diagnosed than those who were out of shape, research found.

Colon cancer pathological staging fails to accurately predict recurrence, and to date, no gene expression signature has proven reliable for prognosis stratification in clinical practice, perhaps because CC is a heterogeneous disease.

Normalization of real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR data: a model-based variance estimation approach to identify genes suited for normalization, applied to bladder and colon cancer data sets.

The most recent issue of Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology reports that the risk for coronary heart disease increases risk for colorectal neoplasm.

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A novel transcriptome-based classification of colon cancer that improves the current disease stratification based on clinicopathological variables and common DNA markers is presented in a study published in PLOS Medicine this week.

Doctors use a device called a colonoscope to examine the colon for precancerous polyps called adenomas.

Main Category: Crohn's / IBD Also Included In: Colorectal Cancer ; Acid Reflux / GERD Article Date: 21 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Research presented at Digestive Disease Week explores new methods for managing digestive health through diet and lifestyle.

Middle-aged men who stayed fit were less likely to die from three common cancers after being diagnosed than those who were out of shape, research found.

Although colonoscopy exams prevent many colon cancer deaths and are considered the most sensitive method for detecting colorectal cancers, the procedure is not completely effective in preventing cancer cases.

A pioneering programme to test cancer patients for nearly 100 risk genes is to start in London and could represent the future of treatment in the NHS.

It's digestive diseases awareness week, and the results of new studies are being presented and examined on the latest methods for managing digestive health with dietary changes.

A San Antonio man who has come close to death three times has his own take on life.

ISLAMABAD: Doctors may soon be able to save lives by checking stool samples for DNA evidence of cancer, researchers said .

If you underwent a genetic test for a heart condition, but the test also revealed that you have a high risk of colon cancer, would you want to know? A respected scientific society says your doctor should tell you, but the group is receiving criticism for its recommendation that "incidental findings" of genetic tests be shared with patients.