The latest gastro-intestinal cancer news
Lifetime weight gain linked to oesophageal and stomach cancers
People who are overweight in their twenties and become obese later in life may be…
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Programming anti-tumoural bacteria
Scientists have recruited modified bacteria to help fight cancer, which successfully infiltrated tumours and activated…
An alternative theory on how aspirin may thwart cancer
Studies abound that point to a role for plain old aspirin in keeping deadly cancers…
Among colon cancer patients, smokers have worse outcomes than non-smokers
In an analysis of more than 18,000 patients treated for colon cancer, current smokers were…
Finding the causes of cancer is the first step to prevention
Richard G. “Bugs” Stevens, University of Connecticut Big Tobacco is the poster child for how…
New cancer data highlights lost opportunities in bowel cancer screening and rising liver cancer toll
Latest cancer trends published on eve of World Cancer Day New national cancer data released…
ECCO 2017: Breath test could help detect stomach and oesophageal cancers
A test that measures the levels of five chemicals in the breath has shown promising…
Patient study suggests broader genetic testing for colorectal cancer risk
A new study among more than 1000 colorectal cancer patients at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has…
Study tightens connection between intestinal microorganisms, diet and colorectal cancer
A new study provides some of the strongest evidence to date that microorganisms living in…
New biomarker allows better prediction of survival for patients with colorectal metastases
Liver metastases are formed from cancer cells that have originated in other organs and migrated…