Colon cancer treatment is personalized based on stage, overall health and tumor characteristics. Early detection and accurate ...

The identification of rare genomic alterations in patients with colorectal cancer gives oncologists the opportunity to treat patients who otherwise might not have many options. When Mia Balko, 48, ...

In this analysis of colorectal cancer patients from 2 clinical trials, researchers aimed to assess the effect of physical activity on overall survival.

In general, the management of local disease, like early-stage cancers, involves a combination of surgery and possibly chemotherapy, depending on exactly what point it’s at. Targeted therapy up to this ...

While there are several treatment options for colon cancer, not all of them work for all cancer types. Deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) colon cancer is known to be less responsive to chemotherapy than ...

What defines an elderly patient, and do we adequately assess them in clinical practice? It is a disservice to classify patients based on their temporal age alone, because there are several other ...

Colonic irrigation cleanses the colon and helps remove harmful toxins from the body. The procedure is performed at such facilities as spas. This typically involves a practitioner administering an ...

In order to investigate if trapped iodide is organified in HCT 116 cells following CEA promoter-directed NIS gene transfer (CN-1), iodide organification was measured by trichloroacetic acid (TCA) ...

Targeted therapies are a type of medicine used to treat cancer. They work differently than standard chemotherapy. Instead of killing all fast-growing cells or keeping them from dividing, targeted ...