The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential impact of tumor size on the long-term outcome of colon cancer (CC) patients after curative surgery. A total of 782 curatively resected T4a stage CC patients without distant metastasis were enrolled. Pat
AgeLatitudeThe survival of colon cancer patients in Norway,as determined three years after diagnosis,is dependent on the season of diagnosis.This has been attributed to seasonal variations of the vitamin D status.Since solar radiation and food are the human sources of vitamin D,we divided Norway ...
Tissue specimens from 33 colon cancer patients (20 male, 13 female; age range 54–93) were obtained with written consent of the patients (approved by the local ethics committee of the Charité, Berlin). These patients with adenocarcinomas of UICC stages I–III were previously untreated, did no...
Advanced Colon Cancer Before the Age of 20 Years: A Case for Extension of the Current Colonscopy Surveillance Guidelines in Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer Syndrome Advanced colon cancer before the age of 20 years: a case for extension of current colonoscopy surveillance guidelines in ...
All men and women should be offered colon cancer screening beginning at age 45 to avoid colon or rectal cancer misdiagnosis. Men and women at increased risk, such as those with a family history of colorectal cancer, should be offered colon cancer screening at an earlier point in time. ...
Age:Colon cancer is more common in older adults, with the majority of cases diagnosed in individuals over the age of 50. However, it can occur at any age. Family History and Genetics:Individuals with a family history of colon cancer or certain genetic conditions such as familial adenomatous ...
The prostate cancer test searches saliva for eight RNA samples that indicate whether a man has developed prostate cancer or is simply suffering from age-related enlarged prostate. The research was led by Jamal Amri and Mona Alaee, from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran. ...
The onset of colorectal cancer is clearly related to age. The incidence increases markedly in those older than 50 and peaks in those about 70 years old. First-degree relatives of patients with colon cancer have a twofold to threefold increase in cancer risk, as do patients who have previously...
The aim of this study was to characterise the expression of Dll4 in colon cancer and to assess whether it is associated with markers of hypoxia and prognosis. Method: In all, 177 colon cancers were represented in tissue microarrays. Immunohistochemistry was performed using validated antibodies ...
Main Outcomes and Measures The associations of body composition profiles with 5-year cancer recurrence and disease-specific mortality were analyzed using Mantel Cox log-rank test and Kaplan-Meier curves. Results A total of 28 patients were included (median [interquartile range] age, 67 [58-72] ...