Colorectal Cancer

The latest in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Early-stage colorectal cancer patients may benefit from a new test that predicts their risk of recurrence.

Chronic inflammation causes cancer. Find out how and what's being done about it.

What does Medicare cover when it comes to screening for colorectal cancer?

Despite the gains noted in the overall number of Medicare patients undergoing colonoscopy, researchers continue to see differences in colorectal cancer screening rates among certain groups, particularly minorities.

Newer targets found on cancer cells are providing scientists the ammunition to better treat cancer.

Adding Avastin (bevacizumab) to standard chemotherapy after surgery failed to extend the time early-stage colon cancer patients were free of recurrence.

For the first time, a test can predict which patients with stage 2 colon cancer are more likely to have a recurrence.

Gene testing now recommended before colon cancer treatment

Treatment updates from the 2009 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

New colorectal cancer screening gets high marks.

Predicting drug response in colorectal cancer.

KRAS gene mutations are detected in various cancers, including colorectal.

A timeline of KRAS research.

Issues after surgery can be taxing for patient and caregiver.

Colorectal cancer survivors take their message to Congress.

Fighting colon cancer was only part of the battle; this survivor then had to learn how, and what, to eat all over again.

Side effect may predict response to treatment.

A number of diagnostic, prognostic, or predictive tests can help determine the optimal course of treatment by using predictive markers from the patient’s or tumor’s genetic information.

The FDA approves third kidney cancer drug and blood-clotting therapy while delaying review on a prostate cancer vaccine, and one drug edges another in a colorectal cancer clinical trial.

Updates from the 2007 meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology includes news on liver, kidney, lung, colon, pancreatic and breast cancers.

More coverage means more people are screened, and colon cancers are caught earlier.

This article discusses genetic test kits and the types of cancer they test for.

New approvals for colorectal, lung, breast, head & neck cancer and lymphoma.

The individual & family decisions behind testing for genetic cancer risk.