Colorectal - Colon Cancer
21 Articles & Excerpts
The Truth About Colorectal Cancer
 What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Colorectal Cancer: New Tests, New Treatments, New Hope
by Mark Bennett Pochapin, M.D.
Life is going to throw you a few curveballs. One day you could suddenly find out that someone you know, someone you love, or perhaps even you, has been diagnosed with cancer of the colon or rectum, referred to together as colorectal cancer.
Colon Cancer Screening: Colonoscopy Debate
by National Cancer Institute
Two new studies have added fuel to the debate over colorectal cancer screening, an ongoing dispute that focuses on how much screening is enough: Does everybody middle-aged and older need at least one colonoscopy?
Colon and Rectum Cancer : Screening, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Staging
by National Cancer Institute
Screening for cancer before a person has symptoms can help the doctor find polyps or cancer early. Finding and removing polyps may prevent colorectal cancer. Also, treatment for colorectal cancer is more likely to be effective when the disease is found
Colorectal Exams
by National Institute of Health
Your blood pressure is normal, your blood cholesterol values are good, and you've even shed a few of those extra pounds. But then your doctor asks if you've ever had a colorectal exam.
Colon and Rectum Cancer : Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy
by National Cancer Institute
The patient may have chemotherapy alone or combined with surgery, radiation therapy, or both. Chemotherapy given before surgery is called neoadjuvant therapy. Chemotherapy before surgery may shrink a large tumor.
Colorectal Cancer Causes
by National Cancer Institute
The researchers found that the risk of having advanced colorectal adenomas was increased in smokers who had a variation in either the CYP1A1 gene or the NQO1 gene, and greatest in those with variations in both genes.
Colon Cancer Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
Colon cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the colon. The colon is part of the body's digestive system. The digestive system removes and processes nutrients: vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, proteins
Colon and Rectum Cancer : Surgery
by National Cancer Institute
Many people with colorectal cancer want to take an active part in making decisions about their medical care. They want to learn all they can about their disease and their treatment choices.
Colon and Rectum Cancer: What You Need To Know
by National Cancer Institute
Cancer of the colon or rectum is also called colorectal cancer. In the United States, colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men, after skin, prostate, and lung cancer. It is also the fourth most common cancer in women, after skin, lung
New Treatments for Colorectal Cancer
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Colorectal cancer - cancer of the colon or rectum - is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths, behind lung cancer, in the United States. In February 2004, the Food and Drug Administration approved Avastin (bevacizumab) and Erbitux (cetuximab)
Colorectal Cancer Study
by National Cancer Institute
The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial, or PLCO, is a large-scale clinical trial to determine whether certain cancer screening tests reduce death from cancer.
Bevacizumab - Avastin for Metastatic Colorectal Cance
by National Cancer Institute
Bevacizumab, whose brand name is Avastin, is an investigational drug. It is a monoclonal antibody (a substance formed in a laboratory that can locate and bind to cancer cells wherever they are in the body) produced from genetically engineered cells.
Irinotecan Boosts Colon Cancer Survival
by National Cancer Institute
Irinotecan alone showed no benefit compared to 5-FU and leucovorin, but the three-drug combination nearly doubled tumor response rate compared to the standard therapy (39 percent versus 21 percent).
Colon and Rectum Cancers: Racial and Ethnic Patterns
by National Cancer Institute
Cancers of the colon and rectum are the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancers and rank second among cancer deaths in the United States. The incidence rates show wide divergence by racial/ethnic group, with rates in the Alaska Native population that are
Colorectal Cancer Prevention
by National Cancer Institute
Colorectal cancer can sometimes be associated with known risk factors for the disease. Many risk factors can be changed, but not all can be avoided. Diet and Lifestyle: Diet and lifestyle may affect colorectal cancer risk. Many factors are under study.
Colon Cancer : Treating the Disease
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Virtual colonoscopy is one way science can provide more accurate and more comfortable screening. FDA first cleared this computer-assisted technology in 1995. As in the early devices, updated versions use digital information to produce a three-dimensional
Colon Cancer : Early Detection Means Survival
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
If diagnosed and treated in its early stages, colorectal cancer is highly curable. Patients whose tumors are entirely localized to the bowel have an 80 to 90 percent chance of surviving for 10 years.
Colon Cancer: Screening and Early Detection
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Colorectal cancer can be beat if it1s caught before it spreads. New, high-tech methods make screening easier; new treatments improve survival.
Colorectal Cancer Screening
by National Cancer Institute
Colorectal cancer is a disease in which cells in the colon or rectum become abnormal and divide without normal control or order, forming a mass called a tumor. (The colon and rectum are parts of the body's digestive system that remove water and nutrients
Screening for Colorectal Cancer
by Health Canada
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in Canada. Regular screening can diagnose the disease at an early stage when it is more treatable, therefore reducing mortality. Although the number of people affected with CRC is declining
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