Ted Talbert III: Fulfilled dream of being a police officer
Veteran Detroit police officer Ted Talbert III died of colon cancer Monday at the Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit after an extended bout with the illness. The Belleville resident was 41. On the force for 13 years, his most recent assignment was in the 6th Precinct as a member of the auto theft unit.
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Lymph node examination not linked to survival
CHICAGO – Nov. 14, 2007 – Examining a specific number of lymph nodes after colon cancer surgery does not translate to longer patient survival, according to a new study.
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Jim O'Connell dead at 48
Veteran broadcaster Jim O’Connell has died. He was 48. O’Connell, an anchor on the Business News Network, died Thursday after a brief fight with colon cancer.
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The Benefits Of Aspirin To Prevent Colon Cancer
A colon cancer researcher at the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) has laid out the roadmap for how medical science should employ aspirin and new aspirin-like drugs for use in preventing colon cancer in certain high-risk individuals.In the New England Journal of Medicine, Sanford Markowitz, MD, PhD, writes an editorial accompanying research from Dr. [click
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