Colon Cancer News

September 27, 2023

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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 treatments for colon ...

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 origins. They also identify new concepts that can be ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Precision Physical Activity Prescriptions Improve Survival in Colon Cancer, Study Suggests

Sep. 8, 2022 — Physical activity may be associated with improved outcomes for patients undergoing postoperative treatment for Stage III colon cancer, a new study ...

New Research Reveals the Circadian Clock Influences Cell Growth, Metabolism and Tumor Progression

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 ...

Pairing Imaging, AI May Improve Colon Cancer Screening, Diagnosis

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 ...

Scientists Uncover New Therapeutic Target for Treating Colorectal Tumors

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 ...

Hydrogen Generated by Si-Based Agent Attenuates Inflammation in Ulcerative Colitis Mouse Model

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 ...

Colorectal Cancer Tumors Both Helped and Hindered by T Cells

July 22, 2022 — Colorectal tumors are swarming with white blood cells, but whether these cells help or hinder the cancer is hotly debated. While some studies have shown that white blood cells heroically restrict ...

C. Difficile Drives Some Colorectal Cancers, Study Suggests

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 ...

Microbial Link Between Western-Style Diet and Incidence of Colorectal Cancer Uncovered

June 27, 2022 — New research builds the case that a Western-style diet -- rich in red and processed meat, sugar and refined grains/carbohydrates -- is tied to higher risk of colorectal cancer through the intestinal ...

Listeria-Based Booster Improves Vaccine's Protection Against Recurring Colon Cancer

June 23, 2022 — New research in mice has paved the way for a Phase I clinical trial and has the potential to transform vaccines against HIV and ...

Plant Virus Plus Immune Cell-Activating Antibody Clear Colon Cancer in Mice, Prevent Recurrence

June 21, 2022 — A new combination therapy to combat cancer could one day consist of a plant virus and an antibody that activates the immune system's 'natural killer' cells, shows a new study. In mouse ...

Scientists Create Nanoparticle That Helps Fight Solid Tumors

June 14, 2022 — Researchers have discovered a possible new approach in treating solid tumors through the creation of a novel ...

DNA Shed from Colon Cancers Into Bloodstream Successfully Guides Chemotherapy After Surgery

June 4, 2022 — A multi-institutional, international study found that testing for ctDNA after surgery and directing chemotherapy to ctDNA-positive patients reduced the use of chemotherapy overall without ...

Starting Screening Before Age 50 Is Found to Significantly Reduce the Risk and Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Women

May 5, 2022 — A new study reports a 50 to 60 percent lower risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) among women who started endoscopy screening at age 45 compared to those who had not undergone screening at ...

'Keto' Molecule May Be Useful in Preventing and Treating Colorectal Cancer, Study Suggests

Apr. 27, 2022 — Beta-hydroxybutyrate, an alternative-energy molecule produced by the body in response to starvation or low-carb diets, strongly suppresses the growth of colorectal tumors in lab experiments, ...

AI Reduces Miss Rate of Precancerous Polyps in Colorectal Cancer Screening

Apr. 18, 2022 — Artificial intelligence reduced by twofold the rate at which precancerous polyps were missed in colorectal cancer screening, reported a team of international ...

Colon Cancer: How Mutation of the APC Gene Disrupts Lymphocyte Migration

Apr. 14, 2022 — In patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, a genetic disease predisposing to colon cancer, mutations of the APC gene induce the formation of intestinal polyps, but also reduce immune system ...

HIV Drug Stabilizes Disease Progression in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Apr. 5, 2022 — Many cancers exhibit high levels of the reverse transcriptase enzyme. Single-agent lamivudine, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, stopped disease progression in over 25% of patients with fourth-line ...

Researchers Identify New Targets for Immunotherapy in Colon Cancer

Mar. 31, 2022 — Scientists identify a pathway of immune cell inhibition that may provide the basis for novel approaches to immunotherapy of colon cancer. Their results also highlight important roles of the ...

Fundamental Cancer Metabolism Dogma Revisited

Mar. 22, 2022 — Accelerated glucose uptake and metabolism, known as the Warburg effect, is a feature of a small group of non-dividing cells within a colon cancer tumor. Intestinal cancer cells rely on Warburg ...

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