Colon cancer blog from medicineworld.org
Colorectal cancer screening should start at age 50
Colorectal adenomas, the precursor polyps in virtually all colorectal cancers, occur infrequently in younger adults, but the rate sharply increases after age 50. Additionally, African Americans hav...
Colorectal cancer screening rates still too low
Eventhough colorectal cancer screening tests are proven to reduce colorectal cancer mortality, only about half of U.S. men and women 50 and older receive the recommended tests, as per a report in t...
Virtual biopsy for colon polyp
A probe so sensitive that it can tell whether or not a cell living within the human body is veering towards cancer development may revolutionize how future colonoscopies are done, say scientists fr...
Which patients should get treatment for colorectal cancer
A new study being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago (Abstract #4020), may change therapy practice in about 25 percent of colon cancer patients and is the bas...
Inherited colon cancer mutation is widespread
A gene mutation responsible for the most common form of inherited colon cancer is older and more common than formerly believed, as per a recent study. The findings provide a better understanding of...