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Many Patients With Advanced Cancers Get Treatments That Won't Help, Study Finds
June 7, 2011 — A study of more than 1,000 patients with colon cancer that had spread to distant sites found that one in eight was treated with at least one drug regimen that was not recommended. Those patients were ... > full story -
New Pretargeted Radioimmunotherapy for Colorectal Cancer
June 6, 2011 — Results from a Phase 1 clinical trial for a cancer therapy show the potential to kill colorectal tumors with less destruction of healthy tissue. Further research could lead to the use of this ... > full story -
Blood Clotting and Bowel Cancer Risk
June 6, 2011 — People whose blood clots more easily than normal are more often affected by cancer. Scientists have discovered that a number of variants of clotting factor genes have an influence on bowel cancer ... > full story -
Study Identifies Genetic Mutations Associated With Cancer Risk for Hereditary Cancer Syndrome
June 4, 2011 — Among various genetic mutations for individuals with Lynch syndrome, a hereditary cancer syndrome that carries a high risk of colon cancer and an above-normal risk of other cancers, researchers have ... > full story -
Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery, Longer Delay Before Chemotherapy Associated With Worse Survival
June 4, 2011 — An analysis of data from previously published studies indicates that longer time to beginning adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery for colorectal cancer is associated with worse survival, according to ... > full story -
Folic Acid Given to Mother Rats Protects Offspring from Colon Cancer
May 26, 2011 — Folic acid supplements given to pregnant and breastfeeding rats reduced the rate of colon cancer in their offspring by 64 percent, a new study has ... > full story -
DNA Repair System Affects Colon Cancer Recurrence and Survival
May 19, 2011 — Colorectal cancer patients with defects in mismatch repair -- one of the body's systems for repairing DNA damage -- have lower recurrence rates and better survival rates than patients without such ... > full story -
New Treatment Regimen Shows Clinical Benefit in Advanced Colon Cancer
May 18, 2011 — A new treatment regimen for patients with metastatic colon cancer appears to offer clinical benefit even when used after multiple other treatments have failed, say research ... > full story -
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New Test Targets Lynch Syndrome, a Risk Factor for Colon Cancer
May 18, 2011 — Researchers have developed a screening procedure that could dramatically increase testing for Lynch syndrome, a hereditary genetic disorder that raises cancer risk, particularly for colorectal ... > full story -
New Findings on Noninvasive Test for Pancreatic Cancer
May 11, 2011 — Pancreatic cancer has one of the highest mortality rates of any of the major cancers, and of the 43,000-plus Americans diagnosed with the disease each year, more than 94 percent die within five years ... > full story
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