Stage II colon cancer (CC) is probably one of the best prognosis gastrointestinal tumors seen in our consultations, but often takes a lot of time for physicians to determine appropriate treatment because of the limited benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) in these patients, together with the ...
If you have a mutation in the BRAF gene, the resulting BRAF protein can’t stop cells from growing. This uncontrolled cell growth can lead to cancer. The mutations can be in different cells in different parts of the body – for example, in your colon or lungs. What you need to know a...
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One of the challenges of diagnosing breast cancer is that you don’t get to look directly at the place where the tumor arises, the way you do, for example, with colon cancer or skin cancer or cervical cancer It probably behooves us to spend some time explaining everything from the embryo...
Targeting dormant cancer cells Earlier this year, scientists discovered how breast cancer cells can ‘hibernate’ to avoid treatment and ‘wake up’ years later – causing a relapse that is more difficult to treat. Their research, published in the journalCancer Discovery, reveals the role of epige...
"So researchers investigated honokiol’s effect on one of the most common cancers—colorectal cancer.One group of researchers studied mice with human colon cancer. They injected the mice with honokiol every other day, and the results were stunning. The honokiol blocked tumor growth without a toxic...
Research also suggests the anti-inflammatory properties of green tea may lower the risk of certain cancers and of cancer returning (recurring), including: ·Breast cancer. ·Colon cancer. ·Esophageal cancer. ·Liver cancer. ·Lung cance...
Try this:Take a brisk walk, go dancing, work out at the gym, or do any activity that you can comfortably enjoy. 6. Help Prevent Colon Cancer Regular exercise may make this disease less likely. When researchers combed through 52 studies on the topic, they found that people who exercised ...
She would like to use a tool like Sybil to make lung cancer screenings available for everyone like colon cancer screening are, with people recommended to get colonoscopies at age 45. "What I imagine Sybil being able to do for lung cancer screening is really make lung cancer screening some...
Chronic inflammation of the colon has been linked to an increased risk of developing colon cancer. The inflammation can damage the cells lining the colon and lead to the development of abnormal growths called polyps, which can eventually turn into cancer if not treated. ...