Colon Cancer News

July 26, 2024

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New Study Shows at-Home Colon Cancer Screening Test Reduces Risk of Colorectal Cancer Death, as Effective as Screening Colonoscopy

July 25, 2024 — A noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test that can be done at home could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer death by 33%, according to a new ...

Ultrasensitive Liquid Biopsy Tech Spots Cancer Earlier Than Standard Methods

June 14, 2024 — An artificial intelligence-powered method for detecting tumor DNA in blood has shown unprecedented sensitivity in predicting cancer recurrence. The new technology has the potential to improve cancer ...

Successful Trial for New Colorectal Cancer Treatment

June 14, 2024 — Results from a new phase 1 trial indicate that immunotherapy could be used to treat the most common form of colorectal cancer, also known as bowel cancer. Consistent responses to immunotherapy have been reported in patients with the most common type ...

Promising Role of Antidiabetic Drug in Cancer Control

June 11, 2024 — Researchers have analyzed how an antidiabetic treatment could help control the growth of tumors, potentially paving the way for the design of better cancer ...

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Research Sheds Light on the Role of PTPRK in Tissue Repair and Cancer

July 24, 2024 — New research has advanced our knowledge of multiple roles for PTPRK, a receptor tyrosine phosphatase linked to the regulation of cell-cell adhesion, growth factor signalling and tumor suppression. ...

Identifying the Initial Steps in Colorectal Cancer Formation

May 29, 2024 — Research provides new evidence that most colorectal cancers begin with the loss of intestinal stem cells, even before cancer-causing genetic alterations appear. The results overturn the prevailing ...

Mini-Colons Revolutionize Colorectal Cancer Research

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 ...

Bacteria in Cancer Unmasked

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 ...

Microbial Signature of Colorectal Cancer-Associated Mutations Identified in New Study

Apr. 4, 2024 — Researchers have connected KRAS mutations in colorectal cancer to microbial signatures in the ...

Bacteria Subtype Linked to Growth in Up to 50% of Human Colorectal Cancers

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 ...

A Smart Molecule Beats the Mutation Behind Most Pancreatic Cancer

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, ...

How Early-Stage Cancer Cells Hide from the Immune System

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 ...

Study Demonstrates Benefit of Precision Medicine Based on Race/ethnicity

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 ...

Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy May Hinder Aggressive Type of Colorectal Tumor

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 ...

Promising Anticancer Drug Targeting KRAS Protein

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 ...

Could Eating Turkey Ease Colitis?

Nov. 21, 2023 — According to data in mice, extra tryptophan could reduce the risk of future colitis ...

Pancreatic Cancer Discovery Opens the Door for New Clinical Trial

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. ...

Researchers Develop Gel to Deliver Cancer Drugs for Solid Tumors

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 ...

Bowel Cancer: Aspirin Activates Protective Genes

Nov. 2, 2023 — Researchers have identified a signaling pathway by which aspirin can inhibit colorectal ...

Blocking Proteins Could Pull the Plug on Power for Colon Tumors

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 ...

Estrogen-Negative Cancers Respond to Anti-Estrogenic Therapies

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 ...

Innovative Stem Cell Research Takes Aim at Origins of Human Cancers

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 ...

Gut Microbiome Changes Linked to Precancerous Colon Polyps

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 ...

Salmonella Exposure a Risk for Colon Cancer

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 ...

Muscle Wasting Severity Linked to Type, Size and Location of Tumor in Mice

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 ...

New Study Provides Evidence for Three-Year Interval for Multi-Target Stool DNA Screening for Those at Average Risk of Colon Cancer

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 ...

Novel Nanoparticles Deliver Innovative Cancer Chemoimmunotherapy

Nov. 25, 2022 — Researchers have designed cancer-fighting nanoparticles that co-deliver a chemotherapy drug and a novel immunotherapy, according to a new ...

Dietary Change Starves Cancer Cells, Overcoming Treatment Resistance

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 ...

Colon Cancer: Dying Cancer Cells Give Neighboring Tumor Cells Instructions on How to Survive

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 ...

Identification of the Cells Responsible for Colon Cancer Relapse

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 ...

New Cancer Fighting Compound Created

Oct. 27, 2022 — Medical researchers have developed new chemical compounds that show promise in a potential anticancer therapy to treat aggressive ...

Overcoming Resistance to Colon Cancer Treatment

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 ...

Study Identifies New Gene That Drives Colon Cancer

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 ...