Colon Cancer News
May 21, 2024
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Apr. 9, 2024 Researchers have compiled a detailed catalogue of bacteria living in cancer metastases. Having analyzed over 4000 tumors, they shed light on the diversity of these co-inhabitants and how they might interact with cancer cells and their surroundings. ...
Apr. 4, 2024 Researchers have connected KRAS mutations in colorectal cancer to microbial signatures in the ...
Mar. 20, 2024 Researchers have found that a specific subtype of a microbe commonly found in the mouth is able to travel to the gut and grow within colorectal cancer tumors. This microbe is also a culprit for driving cancer progression and leads to poorer patient ...
Mar. 5, 2024 Researchers have designed a candidate drug that could help make pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, a treatable, perhaps even curable, ...
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Apr. 24, 2024 In a breakthrough for cancer research, scientists have created lab-grown mini-colons that can accurately mimic the development of colorectal tumors, offering a powerful new tool for studying and ...
Feb. 28, 2024 Researchers found that precancerous colon cells can avoid immune detection by turning on a gene called SOX17, which allows them to become essentially invisible to the immune ...
Jan. 17, 2024 A new study highlights racial disparities in a subset of cancer patients and, using advanced biomedical research technology, provides evidence for those differences at the molecular ...
Dec. 13, 2023 Hard-to-detect colorectal pre-cancerous lesions known as serrated polyps, and the aggressive tumors that develop from them, depend heavily on the ramped-up production of cholesterol, according to a ...
Nov. 21, 2023 According to data in mice, extra tryptophan could reduce the risk of future colitis ...
Nov. 16, 2023 A new scientific finding is the foundation for the first clinical trial in the U.S. to study an experimental drug's ability to fight pancreatic cancer with metastasis to the liver. ...
Nov. 13, 2023 Intratumoral therapy -- in which cancer drugs are injected directly into tumors -- is a promising treatment option for solid cancers but has shown limited success in clinical trials due to an ...
Nov. 2, 2023 Researchers have identified a signaling pathway by which aspirin can inhibit colorectal ...
Sep. 12, 2023 Scientists discovered a previously unknown interaction between proteins that is responsible for supplying energy to tumor cells and could hold significant implications for the development of future ...
Aug. 21, 2023 Anti-estrogenic therapies can suppress the growth of cancer that does not express estrogen receptors; when combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies, they halt tumor progression in mice ...
Earlier Headlines
Dec. 18, 2023 A team of scientists has successfully developed a groundbreaking targeted therapy that hones in on the KRAS protein that drives some of the deadliest human cancers, including pancreatic, lung and ...
June 28, 2023 In an exciting new study adding to the global pool of knowledge about the roots of human cancers, researchers are establishing a clear link between different types of cancers and their embryonic ...
May 31, 2023 A new study has linked certain types of gut bacteria to the development of precancerous colon ...
Researchers Chart a Course for Understanding, Preventing, and Treating Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer
Mar. 16, 2023 Researchers outline the complexities of young-onset colorectal cancer and the research needed to map out a path toward understanding ...
Jan. 17, 2023 Researchers studied human colon cancer tissue samples and animal models and found that exposure to salmonella was linked with colon cancers that developed earlier and grew ...
Dec. 1, 2022 About 80% of people with cancer suffer from significant muscle wasting, or loss of muscle tissue, and 30% of these patients die from this condition. New research in mice finds that the severity of ...
Nov. 29, 2022 A scientific study exploring the appropriate interval for colorectal cancer screening via non-invasive multi-target stool DNA testing for individuals with average risk for the disease reported ...
Nov. 25, 2022 Researchers have designed cancer-fighting nanoparticles that co-deliver a chemotherapy drug and a novel immunotherapy, according to a new ...
Nov. 18, 2022 A dietary change could be a key to enhancing colon cancer treatment, a new study finds. Researchers found in cells and in mice that a low-protein diet blocked the nutrient signaling pathway that ...
Nov. 17, 2022 Researchers have discovered a new mechanism that explains why only some of the cells in a colon tumor respond to chemotherapy. The research team was able to establish that tumor cells dying off ...
Nov. 9, 2022 Researchers report the discovery of the population of residual tumor cells responsible for the recurrence of colorectal cancer in other organs after removal of the primary tumor. The study shows that ...
Oct. 27, 2022 Medical researchers have developed new chemical compounds that show promise in a potential anticancer therapy to treat aggressive ...
Oct. 27, 2022 Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers. Its treatment is mainly based on chemotherapy. However, over time, chemotherapy induces resistance in the majority of patients, who end up being ...
Oct. 17, 2022 Researchers have identified a new gene that is essential to colon cancer growth and found that inflammation in the external environment around the tumor can contribute to the growth of tumor ...
Sep. 8, 2022 Physical activity may be associated with improved outcomes for patients undergoing postoperative treatment for Stage III colon cancer, a new study ...
Aug. 10, 2022 In a new study, researchers define how the circadian clock influences cell growth, metabolism and tumor progression. Their research also reveals how disruption of the circadian clock impacts genome ...
Aug. 4, 2022 Researchers have combined optical coherence tomography (OCT) and machine learning to develop a colorectal cancer imaging tool that may one day improve the traditional endoscopy currently used by ...
Aug. 2, 2022 Colorectal tumors are a common adverse effect of chronic inflammation of the intestine. In a new study, researchers demonstrate that mice models with dendritic cell immunoreceptor (DCIR) protein ...
July 25, 2022 Researchers designed a silicon-based agent that successfully generated hydrogen continuously in the mouse gastrointestinal tract in an ulcerative colitis (UC) model. The hydrogen served as an ...
July 14, 2022 Data suggest that Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, a bacterial species well known for causing serious diarrheal infections, may also drive colorectal ...
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