What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe Pan European Trial in Adjuvant Colon Cancer-1 (PETACC-1) trial has been halted after preliminary results showed a high death rate from AstraZeneca's new drug, raltitrexed. ...
With nearly 30,000 new cases diagnosed each year in the UK and over 130,000 in the US, colorectal cancer has risen up the ranks to become the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in both countries. However, combating the disease doesn’t...
Western diets are high in fats compared to Oriental ones, and a 20 fold difference in colorectal cancer incidence exists between East and West. Consequently, fats have been suspected as the main c ...
The supposed link between eating red meat and barbecued meat in particular and cancer is back in the melting pot after Swedish researchers were unable to establish a definite connection.
Results of a new study by the American Cancer Society show that around 12 per cent of colorectal cancer deaths in the US are attributable to smoking. ...
Conventional screening tests for colorectal cancers are failing to identify a substantial proportion of cancers, say Australian researchers. ...
For more than a century and up until just a few years ago, a permanent colostomy was considered to be de rigueur in the treatment of colorectal cancer.
In this procedure, the diseased section of the colon is removed (a colectomy), and the functioning
Screening individuals aged 40-49 years for colorectal cancer is unlikely to yield much useful information, according to a new report.
