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Prompt colonoscopy should follow up positive bowel cancer tests
A prompt colonoscopy should be provided to all patients with positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT)…
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Combined therapy may improve clinical responses for endometrial, colorectal and gastric tumours
A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA, discovered a novel…
Genetic ‘fingerprints’ implicate gut bacterium in bowel cancer
A common type of bacteria found in our guts could contribute to bowel cancer, according…
Why is colon cancer more deadly in paediatric and young adult patients?
Colon cancer is more likely to be lethal in children and young adults than middle-aged…
Study finds disparities in timing and type of treatment in colorectal cancer patients
In a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Dr. Cara Frankenfeld of the George Mason…
GI societies issue updated colorectal cancer screening recommendations
Patients at average risk of colorectal cancer who have a normal colonoscopy do not need…
New method to detect early-stage cancer identified
A new method to detect cancer in its early stages using a targeted MRI contrast…
‘Watch-and-Wait’ strategy could safely replace surgery in more than 20% of rectal cancers
A team of doctors and scientists from the Champalimaud Clinical Centre in Lisbon, Portugal, and…
Bleeding may be a sign of bowel cancer not just a side-effect of blood-thinning drugs
Patients who are being treated with blood-thinning drugs for irregular heart beat should always be…
Dismantling drug resistance in colorectal cancer
Researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Lausanne in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute for…