Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/colorectal_cancer/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241449.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241449.phpThe vast majority of patients with incurable lung or colorectal cancer talk with a physician about their options for care at the end of life, but often not until late in the course of their illness, according to a new study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators published in the Annals of Internal Medicine...Palliative Care / Hospice Care Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241459.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241459.phpAn international research team led by cell biologists at the University of California, Riverside has uncovered a new insight into colon cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The research provides potential new avenues for diagnosing and treating the disease...Colorectal Cancer Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241174.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241174.phpThe internet is awash with stories of how silver can be used to treat cancer. Now, lab tests have shown that it is as effective as the leading chemotherapy drug - and may have fewer side-effects...Breast Cancer Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241182.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241182.phpThe drug oxaliplatin is a major reason the prognosis for metastatic colon cancer has gone from an expected survival of several months to a couple years. Unfortunately, the drug can also carry with it debilitating neurological side effects, which generally start as the sensation of pins and needles in fingers and toes and can leave patients unable to walk or dress independently...Colorectal Cancer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241200.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241200.phpCould the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk of developing colon cancer when they were exposed to carcinogens...Colorectal Cancer Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241089.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241089.phpGenome Research publishes online and in print a special issue entitled, "Cancer Genomics," highlighting insights gained form cutting-edge genomic and epigenomic analyses of cancer...Breast Cancer Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240999.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240999.phpRepeated screening by flexible sigmoidoscopy (FSG) increased the detection of colorectal cancer or advanced adenoma in women by one-fourth and in men by one-third, according to a study published Jan. 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...Colorectal Cancer Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240958.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240958.php A study based on more than 87,000 women and 47,000 men in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, looks at whether there is a link between colon cancer and alcohol, and if so at what level of consumption, and the importance of a family history of the disease. A total of 1,801 cases of colon cancer were diagnosed during follow-up from 1980 onwards...Colorectal Cancer Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240902.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240902.phpCancer is one of the most common causes of death in humans. The conventional cancer therapies include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeting therapies, which are intended to directly destroy and eliminate tumor cells. These treatments often fail, resulting in tumor metastasis and recurrence. Therefore, there is a critical need for novel cancer therapies...Cancer / Oncology Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240836.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240836.phpResearchers at CIC Biogune, the Cooperative Centre for Research into Biosciences and led by Dr. Maria Luz Martinez Chantar, have found a strong relationship between high levels of Hu antigen R (HuR) protein and the malignancy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, through a novel molecular process in the investigation of this pathology and known as neddylation...Liver Disease / Hepatitis Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240882.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240882.phpNot only are relatively few Americans screened for cancer, but there are considerable disparities between ethnic and racial groups in the country, says a new report issued by NCI (National Cancer Institute) and the CDCF (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The authors added that screening rates are especially low among Hispanic and Asian Americans...Cancer / Oncology Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240733.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240733.phpA new study on living animals has shown for the first time that eating cocoa (the raw material in chocolate) can help to prevent intestinal complaints linked to oxidative stress, including colon carcinogenesis onset caused by chemical substances...Colorectal Cancer Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240757.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240757.phpAn investigation published Jan. 20 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute reveals that individuals in the general population with stage III colon cancer showed improved survival rates when they were administered with 5-fluorouracil (5FU), a commonly used cancer treatment, in combination with oxaliplatin. Colon cancer is one of the leading causes for illness and death worldwide...Colorectal Cancer Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240677.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240677.phpCould preventing colon cancer be as simple as developing a taste for yerba mate tea? In a recent University of Illinois study, scientists showed that human colon cancer cells die when they are exposed to the approximate number of bioactive compounds present in one cup of this brew, which has long been consumed in South America for its medicinal properties...Colorectal Cancer Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240679.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240679.phpResearchers in the Netherlands assessed the quality of colonoscopy reporting in daily clinical practice and evaluated the quality of colonoscopy performance. They found that colonoscopy reporting varied significantly in clinical practice. Colonoscopy performance met the suggested standards, however, considerable variability between endoscopy departments was found...Colorectal Cancer Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240702.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240702.php According to a study published January 23 online in Cancer, many smokers do not drop the habit after being diagnosed with colorectal or lung cancer. The study by Elyse R. Ph.D., M.P.H.and her team at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston involved 3,063 patients with colorectal cancer and 2,456 with lung cancer. The patients were seen at the time of diagnosis, and also five months later...Smoking / Quit Smoking Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240672.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240672.phpA new analysis has found that a substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study provides valuable information on which cancer patients might need help to quit smoking...Smoking / Quit Smoking Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240647.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240647.phpIn 2011, about 101,340 Americans have been diagnosed with colon cancer, a leading worldwide cause of both illness and death, with around one third of cancers being diagnosed as stage III, or node-positive disease...Colorectal Cancer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240625.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240625.phpStage III colon cancer patients in the general population who receive adjuvant treatment for the disease have an improved rate of survival when oxaliplatin is added to 5-fluorouracil (5FU), according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Colon cancer is a leading global cause of both illness and death; with an estimated 101,340 cases among Americans in 2011...Colorectal Cancer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240632.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240632.phpDoctors and researchers of Hospital del Mar and its research institute, the IMIM, have lead a study describing a new pharmacological resistance to cancer. This new mechanism is a mutation in an oncogene called EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) causing resistance to treatment using a drug called cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody which specifically attacks the EGFR...Colorectal Cancer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240628.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240628.phpLuteolin is a flavonoid commonly found in fruit and vegetables. This compound has been shown in laboratory conditions to have anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-cancer properties but results from epidemiological studies have been less certain...Colorectal Cancer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240631.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240631.phpChronic inflammation combines with DNA methylation, a process that shuts down cancer-fighting genes, to promote development of colorectal cancer, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report today in the advance online publication of the journal Nature Medicine...Colorectal Cancer Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240536.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240536.php The latest results on Bayer HealthCare's investigational compound regorafenib (BAY 73-4506) from the international, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III CORRECT (Colorectal cancer treated with regorafenib or place after failure of standard therapy) trial have been announced by Bayer HealthCare...Colorectal Cancer Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240526.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240526.phpResults of two studies suggest that a new, investigational colorectal cancer screening test developed in a collaboration between Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences Inc. of Madison, Wis., is highly accurate and significantly more sensitive than other noninvasive tests at detecting precancerous tumors (adenomas) and early-stage cancer...Colorectal Cancer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240463.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240463.phpNew research into the treatment, prognosis and early detection of gastrointestinal cancers was released in advance of the ninth annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium being held January 19-21, 2012, at The Moscone West Building in San Francisco, Calif...GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology