Toledo doctor says screening is key to surviving colon cancer
Colon cancer awareness got a big awareness boost Wednesday. The effort aimed to alleviate fear and hopefully save lives.
March 10, 2010
Family History Is Important Colon Cancer Risk
Most colorectal cancers occur in people without a family history of the disease. Still, 1 in 5 people who develop colon cancer, have family members also affected by it.
Get colon cancer screening at HHC hospitals
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) is urging Queens residents age 50 and older to get screened.
Link Between Obesity And Poor Colon Cancer Prognosis
Obese patients with colon cancer are at greater risk for death or recurrent disease compared to those who are within a normal weight range, according to a report in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "Obesity has long been established as a risk factor for cancer, but our study in colon cancer patients shows that obesity predicts a poorer
ExonHit, bioMérieux to discontinue colon cancer programme
ExonHit Therapeutics and bioMérieux have decided not to pursue their collaboration in colon cancer, following a recent review of data by their scientific committee. Both companies continue to collaborate in the field of prostate cancer.
