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Colorectal cancer
A community portal about Colorectal cancer with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or bowel cancer, includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. It is the... [more]
A community portal about Colorectal cancer with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or bowel cancer, includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. It is the third most common form of cancer and the second leading cause of death among cancers in the Western world. Many colorectal cancers are thought to arise from adenomatous polyps in the colon. These mushroom-like growths are usually benign, but some may develop into cancer over time. The majority of the time, the diagnosis of localized colon cancer is through colonoscopy. Therapy is usually through surgery, which in many cases is followed by chemotherapy.
New study results strengthen the evidence that people who smoke cigarettes over a long period of time have an increased risk for developing colorectal cancer, even after adjusting for other risk factors. "This provides one more reason not to smoke, or to quit as soon as possible," said senior author Michael J. Thun, M.D., M.S., vice president emeritus, epidemiology and surveillance research at the American Cancer Society. "Colorectal cancer...
- Cigarette Smoking Increases Colorectal Cancer Risk (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Cigarette smoking increases colorectal cancer risk (sciencedaily.com)
The combination of sigmoidoscopy and fecal immunochemical test (FIT) detects advanced proximal (right-sided) tumors better than either test alone, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. African Americans, the elderly and women have a higher incidence of proximal colon tumors...
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- Markets - Research and Markets: Pipeline Insight: Colorectal Cancer (ad-hoc-news.de)
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I have chosen this webpage as it talks about genetic screening in HNPCC, hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, which relates to the presentaion i will be given in medical bioscience.
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- Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (del.icio.us)
Eureka! Science NewsLong-Term Smoking Increases Colorectal Cancer Risk, Study ShowsACS News Center"These findings contributed to the evidence recently reviewed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in October of this year," Thun said. ...Head and Neck Cancer Survivors Who Use Alcohol and Cigarettes Have Increased ...Science Daily (press release)Lung Cancer's Racial Gap NarrowingU.S. News & World ReportDrug company...
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By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Doctors may be able use an advanced X-ray called a CT scan to see whether patients with advanced colorectal cancer are responding to treatment with Avastin and chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on...
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- CT Scans May Predict Survival in Colorectal Cancer (nlm.nih.gov)
- CT Scan May Predict Colon Cancer Survival (news.google.com)
- Weight May Not Drive Racial Disparities in Colon Cancer (nlm.nih.gov)
