Marshall County Commission Chairman Doug Fleming is seeking treatments related to two types of cancer. Fleming recently had a sarcoma tumor removed from his leg. While doctors were treating him for the sarcoma tumor they also found another type of colon cancer that had metastasized in his liver.
Researchers from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit today presented findings showing that adding curcumin or resveratrol to conventional chemotherapy could be effective in preventing the growth of chemo-resistant colon cancer cells. The poster presentation was delivered at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.
Dr. R. Scott Hitt, an AIDS specialist and the first openly gay person to head a presidential advisory board, has died. He was 49. Hitt died Thursday of colon cancer at his home in West Hollywood, according to John Duran, the city's mayor and a longtime friend.
Report Calls for Using Heated Chemotherapy after Colon Cancer Surgery to Optimize Patient Survival
DALLAS----There is new hope for some of the most seriously ill colon cancer patients today, following the release of a consensus statement by 72 leading oncology surgeons from 14 countries, including the United States.
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