Primary care office strategies may increase colon cancer screening
CHICAGO Patients are more likely to receive colorectal cancer screening when primary care practices use a...one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Screenings for colorectal cancer (CRC) reduce its incidence and mortality from the disease, according to background informatio...New colorectal cancer screening recommendations for African Americans
...w recommendations to healthcare providers to begin colorectal cancer screening in African Americans at age 45 ra...lonoscopy is the preferred method of screening for colorectal cancer and data support the recommendation that African-Americans begin screening at a younger age b...Aspirin's potential ability to prevent colon polyps may not apply equally to all
...cipants had been diagnosed with adenoma a type of colorectal polyp that may develop into cancer and their data was compared with a control group consisting of an equal number of women not diagnosed with polyps. While the incidence of polyps was significantly lower in those who took aspirin regularly define...Other highlights in the March 16 JNCI
...aspirin use is associated with a decreased risk of colorectal adenoma. But regular aspirin use is not associated with the same reduction in risk of colorectal adenoma among women who have a normal form of the enzyme. Regular aspirin use has been associated wi...Northwestern Memorial physicians encourage screenings during colon cancer awareness month
...vention, early detection and treatment options for colorectal cancer, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Rob...ht in its early stages," says Amy Halverson, MD, a colorectal cancer surgeon at Northwestern Memorial and an associate professor at Northwestern University's Fein...Men more likely to get screened for prostate cancer than colon cancer, U-M study finds
...ning. More than 70,000 men will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer this year, according to the American Cancer...rlos has previously looked at women's adherence to colorectal cancer screenings and compared it to mammograms to screen for breast cancer and Pap smears to check ...Other highlights in the March 2 JNCI
...% of participants in a randomized trial of various colorectal cancer screening strategies chose to participate i...ding to a new study. It is generally accepted that colorectal cancer screening reduces the incidence of and mortality from the disease. Strategies for population-...CK2 protein sustains colon cancer cells by sabotaging ability to commit suicide
A protein called CK2 plays a deadly role in colorectal carcinoma by blocking the ability of these tumors ...ork my laboratory has done using our cell lines of colorectal cancer to investigate the role of CK2 in tumors is now bearing fruit," said Houghton, senior author ...New European cancer figures for 2004 major efforts needed against the big four killers
...roughout Europe", said Professor Boyle. Lung and colorectal cancers leading cancers overall Overall, lung ca...gnosed (13.2%) and of cancer death (20%). Although colorectal cancer was almost equally common (13%), it represented a smaller proportion of deaths (11.9%). Brea...Studies examine coffee drinking and risk of liver and colorectal cancers
...f coffee consumption on the incidence of liver and colorectal cancers. One study found that drinking coffee dail...ion between drinking coffee or tea and the risk of colorectal cancer. Coffee consumption is common throughout the world, but the benefits or risks of the drink ar...Study examines effect of managed care on quality of care for cancer patients
...eneficiaries who had been diagnosed with breast or colorectal cancer between 1993 and 1999. The authors found th...ry, receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colorectal cancer, or surveillance colonoscopy after treatment for colorectal cancer. However, market share inc...Mayo Clinic identifies key cellular process in prostate and other cancers
...l lung cancer and certain cancers of the mouth and colorectal cancer. About Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer in men (skin cancer is first) and the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, exceeded only by lung cancer. In 2005, the American Cancer Society...Boosting HIV screening can increase survival and is cost effective
...other chronic conditions, including breast cancer, colorectal cancer, diabetes and hypertension. Paltiel said that even in settings with HIV infection levels similar to the U.S. general population, one-time screening could deliver excellent return on investment. "HIV is a severe disease that, left untreated, pr...Birth size and adult cancer risk
... increase in digestive cancers, including stomach, colorectal and pancreatic, though no association was seen between higher birth weight and five other non reproductive-related cancer sites. Reproductive-related cancers accounted for nearly half of all cancer in women and nearly a third of all cancer in men. F...Other highlights in the February 2 JNCI
...rovement since 1988, the majority of patients with colorectal cancer in 2001 received inadequate lymph node eval...e status is the strongest predictor of outcome for colorectal cancer patients. Only 40% of patients with lymph node metastases will survive for 5 years after diag...Routine use of nose-to-stomach tube slows recovery from abdominal surgery
...the money," says lead author Dr. Richard Nelson, a colorectal surgeon at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. "We'd send everybody home the same day if we thought they could eat," he says. The rationale for routinely inserting a flexible tube through the nose and into the stomach has been that keepin...Molecule predicts colon cancer patient survival
...ined the factors that help spur the progression of colorectal cancer and identified the integrin v6 as an import...s molecule is able to predict patient survival for colorectal cancer, a disease that kills over 55, 000 Americans each year. The study will appear online on Janua...JCI table of contents, January 20 2005
...ined the factors that help spur the progression of colorectal cancer and identified the integrin [alpha]v[beta]6...s molecule is able to predict patient survival for colorectal cancer, a disease that kills over 55, 000 Americans each year. The study will appear online on Janua...Colonoscopy still most effective colorectal cancer screening method
...e to speak with their physician to determine which colorectal cancer screening test best fits their needs and ri...vel," says AGA President Emmet B. Keeffe, MD. "No colorectal cancer screening test is perfect. However, being screened for colorectal cancer using one of the va......pective study of 3,121 people without symptoms for colorectal cancer found that the single office-based FOBT mis...le, p. 81). Researchers identified 284 people with colorectal cancer or large polyps likely to become cancer. Of these, only 4.9 percent had positive results on a...