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A surprise 'spark' for pre-cancerous colon polyps

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah studied the events leading to colon cancer and found that an unexpected protein serves as the "spark" that triggers formation of colon polyps, the precursors ...





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A simple blood test for colon cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 1

People are often reluctant to undergo a routine but painful colonoscopy -- but the consequences can be fatal. According to the American Cancer Society, colon cancer is the third most common cancer found in American men ...


Virtual biopsy can tell whether colon polyp is benign without removal

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 21, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 0

A probe so sensitive that it can tell whether or not a cell living within the human body is veering towards cancer development may revolutionize how future colonoscopies are done, say researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, ...


Reinterpretation of proximal colon polyps called hyperplastic in 2001

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created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Serrated colorectal polyps include the subgroups hyperplastic polyps, sessile serrated polyps (also called sessile serrated adenomas), and serrated adenomas. Recent studies have found that serrated polyps share molecular ...


New old drug fights colon cancer

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new Tel Aviv University drug, based on an older generation antibiotic, may provide doctors with an effective and innovative method of treating colon cancer in both its incipient and full-blown stages -- and minimize the ...


Mayo Clinic estimates new, tiny, super-sensitive probe could cut colon polyp removal in half

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Based on results of a landmark study, researchers at Mayo Clinic's Florida campus see a future in which virtual biopsies will eliminate the need to remove colon polyps that are not cancerous or will not morph into the disease.


Annals colonoscopy study underscores importance of quality standards

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created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study by Baxter, et al. released this week and scheduled to be published in the Jan. 6, 2009, edition of Annals of Internal Medicine, concluded that while screening colonoscopy is associated with fewer deaths from colore ...


Discovery of a novel mechanism for the development of colon cancer

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created May 05, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Recent work from the Finnish Academy Center of Excellence on Cancer Biology at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has shed light on the mechanisms of colon tumor development and may help to design better treatment for this ...


Researchers Discover Drug can Prevent Colon Cancer Development in Mice

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found that a drug now being tested to treat a range of human cancers significantly inhibited colon cancer development in mice. Because the agent appears to have minimal ...


Colon cancer screening technique shows continued promise in new study

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created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Recent clinical trials show that a new colon cancer screening technique created by Northwestern University researchers has a high enough sensitivity that it could potentially be as or more successful than a colonoscopy in ...


Primary-care physicians can fill gap in colorectal cancer screening

Primary-care physicians can fill gap in colorectal cancer screening

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created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The number of people who need colonoscopies to screen for colorectal cancer is outpacing the number of endoscopists available to perform them, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.



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