Experts stress need for colon-cancer tests
About half of Americans who should be screened for colon cancer aren't tested for the disease, which kills about 50,000 each year and is largely survivable if detected early.
February 5, 2010
Fertility row over cancer screening
THE UK's fertility watchdog is considering whether embryo screening technology should be used to stop babies being born with genes that carry a higher risk of cancer.
REPORT: Minn. cancer death rate declines
A new report from the American Cancer Society shows efforts to fight breast, prostate and colon cancer have pushed the state's overall cancer death rate down
Cutting sucrose from diet can reduce colon cancer risk
The next time your sweet tooth sends out peanut-butter-cookie signals, reach for a spoonful of natural peanut butter instead. A diet rife with sucrose -- the various sugars in most candies and sweets -- increases colon cancer rates. So do other foods with a high glycemic index, meaning they rush into your bloodstream at warp speed (white bread, Twinkies, non-whole-grain pasta, foods that
