Liver cancer patients can be treated for Hepatitis C infection
A large, multi-centre study refutes earlier suggestions that antiviral drugs for treating hepatitis C may…
Browsing: GI Cancers
Scientists connect dots between colitis and colon cancer
Lingering inflammation in the colon is a known risk factor for colorectal cancer and now…
Mapping residual oesophageal tumours – a glimpse into the future?
It’s one of the first questions asked by many newly-diagnosed cancer patients – “What are…
Clinical trial launches to develop breath test for multiple cancers
Researchers have launched a clinical trial to develop a breath test, analysing molecules that could…
Hopkins researchers ID new biomarker for colorectal cancers
Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a protein involved in cell proliferation and the development of…
Researchers develop personalised medicine tool for inherited colorectal cancer syndrome
An international team of researchers led by Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of…
Type 2 diabetes linked to colorectal cancer risk in men
Yanan Ma, from China Medical University in Shenyang, and colleagues followed 87,523 women from the…
One test to diagnose them all: researchers exploit cancers’ unique DNA signature
Abu Sina, The University of Queensland; Laura G. Carrascosa, The University of Queensland, and Matt…
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…
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…