colorectal cancerColorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignancy in the 'developed' world, after lung and breast cancer, and causes about 16,000 deaths per year in the UK and 500,000 deaths world-wide annually. It usually occurs in the 7th or 8th decade and has a similar ...
Treatment of Colon Cancer Stage 0 Surgery to take out the cancer is all that is needed. Stage I If the polyp is removed completely, with no cancer cells in the edges no other treatment may be needed. If the cancer in the polyp was high grade or there were cancer cells at the edges ...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death. It is the second most frequently diagnosed malignancy in Europe and third worldwide. Colorectal malignancies diagnosed at an early stage offer a promising survival rate. However, advanced tumors often present distant metas...
It is most unfortunate that many still view the progression of cancer in general, and breast cancer in particular, from what now appears to be an anachronistic perspective. This so-called conventional view assumes that cancer grows with time and subseque
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in the United States. CRC, however, is potentially preventable, and several strategies may be employed to decrease the incidence of and mortality from CRC. Understanding of individual risk and adherence to screening an...
The presence of lymph node metastases (LNM) is considered one of the most important features of colorectal cancer (CRC) staging, indicating the need for additional surgery after local excision and adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery. Now, a new study challenges the role of LNM in the progression...
Colorectal cancer is a prevalent and dreaded disease, particularly in the young patient population with chronic inflammatory bowel disease. It is not surpr
Treatment of advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) increasingly requires a multidisciplinary approach and multiple treatment options add to the complexity of clinical decision-making. Recently novel targeted therapy against angiogenesis and epidermal growth factor receptor completed a plethora of phase III studies...
Ahh, yes, of course.Iget the one where the main treatment drug was discovered 15 years before I wasborn in 1957.Great. (also unfortunately a clue on the difficulty ofCRC treatment research compared to some other cancer types) The first timeyou witness someone (in my case myself) getting...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies. As reported by the United States Cancer Society in 2017, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women in United States [14]. Colorectal cancer is divided into three types of familial, sporadic, and inflamma...