The DNA detectives hunting the causes of cancer
By Kat ArneyCancer rates vary wildly across the world, and we don’t know why. To solve…
Browsing: GI Cancers
10% of bowel cancer patients can wait more than a year to start treatment
It can take up to a year for some bowel cancer patients in the UK…
Gene test predicts likelihood of cancer relapse
A new test could improve care for patient with stomach or oesophageal cancer by predicting…
Targeting inflammation could help treat drug-resistant bowel cancer
Some bowel cancers that are resistant to treatment could be re-sensitised using drugs that reduce…
Aspirin and omega-3 reduce pre-cancerous bowel polyps
Both aspirin and a purified omega-3, called EPA, reduce the number of pre-cancerous polyps in…
Many patients diagnosed with adenomas may not receive colonoscopies in recommended time frame
Adenomas are a type of polyp that can potentially become cancer. A person’s risk of…
Screening for colorectal cancer spares male patients from intense treatments
Colorectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer in the world. Every year…
Patients with rare, incurable digestive tract cancers respond to new drug combination
Patients with rare, but incurable cancers of the digestive tract have responded well to a…
Research leads to new way of caring for pre-cancerous condition
A University of Manchester study of care provisions for patients diagnosed with Barrett’s oesophagus, a…
Patients with cancers of the gullet, stomach and bowel respond well to new anti-HER2 drug
An antibody that binds simultaneously to two distinct regions of the HER2 receptor to block…