News tagged with colon tumor
Surgery not necessary for most late-stage colorectal cancers
May 31, 2009 |
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A new study shows that a large majority of patients who present with advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to other organs (stage IV) don't require immediate surgery to remove the primary tumor in the colon. Researchers ...
Researchers make discovery in colon cancer prevention
May 18, 2009 |
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A new study finds that individuals who have low expression of the "Celebrex gene," 15-PGDH, are actually resistant to Celebrex treatment when used to prevent colon cancer. The study, published in this week's issue of the ...
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Novel marker of colon cancer
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Colon cancer ranks second of all gastrointestinal malignant tumors, it is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Until now, several molecules have been reported to play an important role in gastroenterological ...
What identifies cancer cells causing relapse and metastasis? Not CD133
May 23, 2008 |
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New data, generated by Shahin Rafii and colleagues, at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, through analysis of human colon cancer cells and mice, have shed doubt on the recently proposed designation of ...
Inflammation directly linked to colon cancer
Feb 02, 2009 |
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While chronic inflammation is widely believed to be a predisposing factor for colon cancer, the exact mechanisms linking these conditions have remained elusive. Scientists at the Melbourne Branch of the international Ludwig ...
A surprise 'spark' for pre-cancerous colon polyps
May 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
Understanding the anticancer effects of vitamin D3
Jul 06, 2009 |
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The active form of vitamin D3 seems to have anticancer effects. To try and understand the mechanisms underlying these effects, researchers previously set out to identify genes whose expression in a human colon cancer cell ...
Researchers identify individuals at risk for developing colon cancer
Jul 13, 2009 |
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A new study identifies a group of individuals at increased risk for developing colon cancer and holds the promise for developing new tailored cancer treatments. The study in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the Na ...
Newly identified gene powerful predictor of colon cancer metastasis
Dec 21, 2008 |
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Cancer Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Charité – Universitäts Medizin Berlin (Germany) have identified a gene which enables them to predict for the first time with high ...
Blocking signal molecule can prevent growth of large intestine and colon cancer
Sep 23, 2009 |
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By seeing what substances and molecules affect the development of our diseases, we can develop drugs that prevent or cure diseases. In her dissertation at Kalmar University in Sweden, Ann Novotny has found that the signal ...
Expression patterns of microRNAs appear altered in colon cancer, and associated with poor outcomes
Jan 29, 2008 |
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Preliminary research has found an association between certain microRNA expression patterns and poor survival and treatment outcomes for colon cancer, according to a study in the January 30 issue of JAMA.
Discovery of a novel mechanism for the development of colon cancer
May 05, 2008 |
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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 ...
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