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A combination of TRAIL (a tumor necrosis factor) and sorafenib (an inhibitor currently used to treat renal cancer) has been found to reduce the size of tumors in mice with colon carcinomas with few side effects – thereby demonstrating the potential effectiveness of the combined treatment on human colon cancers.
Such were the new combination therapy […]
Last Friday, the Emmy Award-winning longtime film critic and entertainment editor for ABC’s “Good Morning America” and WABC-TV in New York – Joel Siegel – died of colon cancer at age 63.
Siegel had a long battle with colon cancer. However, he continued to work until two weeks before his death. He is survived by […]
Low intake of Vitamin B6 may increase a man’s risk of colorectal cancer by 31%, says the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study, published in this month’s issue of Journal of Nutrition.
According to lead author Junko Ishihara from Japan’s National Cancer Center in collaboration with researchers from Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine:
Our results support […]
Developed by University of Navarra School of Pharmacy researcher Leire Garcia Navarro is a new treatment that slows down the growth of colon and liver cancers.
The specialist worked on designing non-viral systems which act directly upon the liver and the colon. In this manner, she prepared, optimized and evaluated, in vitro and in vivo, […]
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have discovered proteins present in the blood that can accurately identify colon cancer and precancerous polyps.
The said proteins - CCSA-3 and CCSA-4 - could be used to develop a blood test to identify at-risk individuals, according to preliminary findings.
According to cancer researcher Robert Getzenberg, Ph.D., professor of […]
In general, cancer prevention or at least reducing our risk from it – one thing always comes up in common: stay away from red meat.
Thank God I don’t eat beef (and any other red meat), I am more of a fish and chicken (sometimes pork but without the fat!) gal.
While high intake of red meat […]
While folic acid supplementation may reduce the risk of stroke, it does not reduce the risk of colorectal cancers (but could even possible increase the risk of some types of colorectal cancers) even though previous studies have suggested that folate supplementation may help prevent colorectal cancers.
[Err, folic acid is synthetic while folate is the natural […]
The mechanism by which aspirin and aspirin-like products (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), also called COX-2 inhibitors) New England Journal of Medicine, written by Sanford Markowitz, MD, PhD - accompanying research results by Dr. Charles Fuchs’ team at Harvard Medical School.
Apparently, two-thirds of colon cancers have high levels of expression of the COX-2 enzyme – which, […]
Not only is aspirin good for the heart, its daily dose also has the potential to prevent bowel cancer (a.k.a. colorectal or colon cancer).
Examining data on 7,500 people who were involved in two UK trials conducted in the 1970s and the 1980s and were randomly assigned to receive 300, 500 or 1,200mg of aspirin per […]
When all other treatment options for colorectal cancer have been exhausted to no significant effect, cetuximab is the effective treatment option.
Such were the suggestion confirmed by a research study recently presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research
According to Derek Jonker, M.D., assistant professor at the University of Ottawa and […]
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