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Tracing Cancer Back to Its Source Using Computer Dissection
April 5, 2011 — A new computer-based system can distinguish between apparently similar secondary tumors and allow a cancer specialist to trace the metastases back to the site of the original cancer in the patient's ... > full story -
Nationwide Utilization of Virtual Colonoscopy Triples, Study Suggests
April 4, 2011 — Medicare coverage and nationwide utilization of computed tomographic colonography (CTC), commonly referred to as virtual colonoscopy, has tripled in recent years, according to a new study. CTC ... > full story -
Vitamin D Can Decrease -- Or Increase -- Breast Cancer Development and Insulin Resistance, Study Finds
April 4, 2011 — In mice models of breast cancer, researchers found that vitamin D significantly reduced development of estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer both in lean and obese mice, but had no ... > full story -
Avoiding or Controlling Diabetes May Reduce Cancer Risk and Mortality
April 3, 2011 — Diabetes is associated with lower risk of prostate cancer in men but with higher risk of other cancers in both men and women, according to new research. The data also showed an association between ... > full story -
Potential New Medicines Show Promise for Treating Colon Cancer, Asthma
March 28, 2011 — In what they described as the opening of a new era in the development of potentially life-saving new drugs, scientists have discovered of a way to tone down an overactive gene involved in colon ... > full story -
Y-90 Liver Cancer-Busting Treatment: Safe, Fast, Extends Life, Study Finds
March 28, 2011 — Interventional radiologists have been the leaders in the use of intra-arterial yttrium-90 radioembolization, since its introduction in 2000, to treat liver cancer. Now, new results from a large ... > full story -
New Colon Cancer Marker Identified
March 25, 2011 — A research team has identified an enzyme that could be used to diagnose colon cancer earlier. It is possible that this enzyme also could be a key to stopping the ... > full story -
Stem Cells May Be Key to Understanding the Origins of Colon Cancer and Detecting Relapse
March 17, 2011 — Colorectal cancer cells trigger a set of genes similar to those found in intestinal stem cells, scientists have found. The team of researchers propose that patients with colorectal cancer undergo ... > full story -
Aspirin's Ability to Protect Against Colorectal Cancer May Depend on Inflammatory Pathways
March 9, 2011 — The reduced risk of colorectal cancer associated with taking aspirin or other NSAIDs may be confined to individuals already at risk because of elevations in a particular inflammatory factor in the ... > full story -
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Real-Time Endoscopic Assessment of the Histology of Diminutive Colorectal Polyps
March 8, 2011 — A new document examines real-time endoscopic assessment of the histology of diminutive (d 5 mm in size) colorectal polyps and is one in a series of statements defining the diagnostic or therapeutic ... > full story
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