News tagged with 'Colon Cancer'

A new study, in the June issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, is the first to present colorectal cancer incidence trends across five continents.

A new study suggests deep sedation, rather than moderate sedation, allows more colon polyps to be found during a colonoscopy. The findings could have lifesaving benefits by helping doctors to detect colon cancer in its earliest, most treatable stage.

Over the next 20 years, the number of cancer cases is expected to spike 45 percent. Especially hard hit are the elderly and minority populations.  Lifestyle changes are known to cut your cancer risk.

Taking a once-daily dose of aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may help to lower the risk of developing polyps that can lead to colorectal cancer.

A new study finds colonoscopy prevents an estimated 60 to 70 percent of deaths from colorectal cancer, not 90 percent as previously thought. While the procedure does a good job of detecting early signs of disease to the left side of the colon, or large intestine, it is not as effective at detecting potential problems on the right side of the colon.

Federal health regulators said Thursday they will add the strictest safety warnings available to OsmoPrep and Visicol, bowel prep drugs used before colonoscopies, following reports of kidney damage in several patients.

Ontario officials are encouraging everyone take a home colorectal cancer test to find polyps in their early stages when they are 90 percent curable.

Patients receiving Avastin for colon cancer, were 33 percent more likely to develop blood clots than those who did not receive the drug, researchers announced after reviewing 15 clinical trials involving nearly 8,000 patients with advanced cancer. 

A new study by The Tumor Sequencing Project (TSP) consortium identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in lung adenocarcinoma — an achievement that more than doubles the number of genes known to be associated with the deadly disease.

Customizing therapies to individual patients may require a pre-screening of a patient's genes, as researchers looking into targeted colon cancer therapies are reporting.

New findings from the US Preventive Services Task Force suggest routine colorectal cancer screenings can be stopped in patients over the age of 75. The results are based on patients who began screenings at age 50 and have had consistently negative screenings up to the age of 75.

Researchers have made the first association that shows genetic variants of a “fat hormone” can affect the risk of colorectal cancer. The study findings published, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, may help researchers to pinpoint those individuals who are at greater risk of developing colorectal cancer.

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, has been shown to have a high accuracy in detecting precancerous and cancerous polyps and could serve as a primary screening option for colorectal cancer, according to the results of a national CT colonography study.

Patients with colon cancer need to ask more questions of their doctors  - among them- how many lymph nodes have you taken and have they been tested for cancer? A followup colonoscopy is recommended for those who've had a positive diagnosis.  Many hospitals are falling short of the recommended treatment protocols, two studies find.

Don't believe alcohol has much to do with cancer?  Then you likely are from a wealthier country. This international survey on attitudes about cancer causes and cures finds striking differences- among them- most lower income countries want the doctor to make all treatment decisions.