Other highlights in the August 7 issue of JNCI
...treatment is equal, African-American and Caucasian colorectal cancer patients appear to benefit similarly from adjuvant chemotherapy and disparities in survival all but disappear, according to a study in the August 7 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In this analysis of data from a rando...UK study suggests possible link between colorectal cancer and human growth hormone therapy
...an growth hormone therapy and an increased risk of colorectal cancer. The investigators comment that further evi... around an eleven times greater risk of dying from colorectal cancer or Hodgkin's disease. After the exclusion of patients whose reason for growth hormone treatme...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, July 16, 2002
...recommends that all adults over 50 be screened for colorectal cancer. The Task Force identified two screening methods that have been shown to reduce death from colorectal cancer: the fecal occult blood test and flexible sigmoidoscopy. The Task Force also recommended colo...Adults over 50 should be screened for colorectal cancer, US group says
...recommends that all adults over 50 be screened for colorectal cancer. The recommendations and a background summa... methods that have been shown to reduce death from colorectal cancer: the fecal occult blood test and flexible sigmoidoscopy. The Task Force also recommended colo...Straightforward assessment to improve identification of people at high risk from colorectal cancer
...straightforward scoring method which could predict colorectal cancers more reliably than current UK NHS guidelin...t NHS guidelines for the referral of patients with colorectal symptoms often overclassify patients as high risk but more importantly fail to identify a significan...Postcode prescribing is alive and well in Scotland
...inburgh. Irinotecan (licensed for the treatment of colorectal cancer) was approved by NICE and the Health Technology Board for Scotland, but has also been rejected in Lothian. Patients in the west of Scotland can receive it, and in Aberdeen, doctors are allowed to prescribe it but without any additional funding...Investigators stop part of drug-taking in Women's Health Initiative
...ogen plus progestin: the women had a lower risk of colorectal cancer and of fractures, especially hip fractures....re women with blood clots," but six fewer cases of colorectal cancer, five fewer hip factures. Bonds said the decision to stop the estrogen-progestin arm of the ...Hormone therapy study stopped due to increased breast cancer risk, lack of overall benefit
... Division of Cancer Prevention. "The reduction in colorectal cancer risk in the WHI is intriguing, but the bala...vestigating new methods to detect and prevent both colorectal cancer and breast cancer that will provide critical information to help women make important health ...CDC report shows cancer death rates in Appalachia higher than national
...hia were shown to be at greater risk of death from colorectal cancer. (See report and map of Appalachia at http...al cancer. The report states that death rates from colorectal cancer were especially high in the Appalachian area of Pennsylvania. "I think that this report for ...CWRU/University Hospitals of Cleveland researchers investigate new cancer treatment
... 30 percent of the 160,000 patients diagnosed with colorectal carcinoma, tumors move through the lymph or blood system. These patients develop liver metastases, the progressive involvement of which becomes the major or sole determination of survival. "The current standard for liver cancer treatment is tumor re...New NCI grant will support Jefferson trial to study test to diagnose colorectal cancer spread
...ists with a more accurate picture of the extent of colorectal cancer in patients. The scientists hope the test w... blood test that could tell patients whether their colorectal cancer thought cured has returned. The test looks for evidence of a protein, guanylyl cyclase C, or...U.S. cancer mortality rates reflect changing socioeconomic patterns
...ked at changing socioeconomic patterns in lung and colorectal cancer mortality among U.S. men and women ages 25 ...mic groups. For both men and women, differences in colorectal cancer mortality between the highest and lowest socioeconomic groups narrowed during that time. The...Current colon cancer screening recommendations supported by study of 40-49 year olds
... that the absolute risk of precancerous polyps and colorectal cancer in individuals under age 50 is very low. T...erage risk for the disease. A problem with current colorectal cancer screening is that it is not as risk based as it should be. We do not have accurate and relia...Largest ever study on European cancer prevalence shows large differences between countries
...he most prevalent cancer among men Europe-wide was colorectal cancer, accounting for 15% of all male prevalent cancers. People of 65 and over accounted for 57%. Prevalence tended to be high where incidence was high, but was also highest in countries where survival was high. The research team found that high pr...New diagnostic faecal test could identify colorectal cancer
...a specific protein in faeces could be a marker for colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is a common disease (cau...e protein 2 (MCM2) - which is present in cancerous colorectal cells but not normal cells. In a clinical study, the investigators detected MCM2-positive cells from...Elderly colon cancer patients benefit from chemotherapy and surgery
...lman. March is colorectal cancer awareness month, when cancer and medical as... try to raise awareness about getting screened for colorectal cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates about 107,300 new cases of colon cancer and 41,000 ne...Molecularly targeted drug slows tumor growth in patients
...is being tested in phase III trials for breast and colorectal cancer. Phase II trials with bevacizumab include those for prostate, breast, colorectal, cervical, ovarian, pancreatic, and lung cancers, as well as for mesothelioma and several types of leukemia....New drug regimen shows clear benefit for treating advanced colorectal cancer
...ndomized clinical trial for patients with advanced colorectal cancer show that those who received a regimen cont...nt new information about the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer," said Richard Kaplan, M.D., chief of NCI's Clinical Investigations Branch, who coordinates c...Study: Katie Couric wakes up America on colonoscopy screening
...ran promoting colon cancer awareness and endorsing colorectal cancer screening. In the months following the broadcast, interest in colon cancer prevention increased dramatically, but the actual effect on colon cancer screening was not quantified. Today, researchers from the University of Michigan Health Syste......risation for Xeloda in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer in most countries worldwide, including the ...risation for Xeloda in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer in most countries worldwide, including the United States and Europe. Xeloda development in ad...