Tag Archives: colon cancer

Finding Colon Cancer Before it’s Cancer

January 18th, 2012 - 3:42 pm

Journalists:  For links to video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. More accurate and more sensitive.  When it comes to cancer screenings, those are two attributes you really want.  Well, results of two studies suggest that a … Continue reading →

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New Mayo Clinic Test Targets Lynch Syndrome, a Risk Factor for Colon Cancer

May 18th, 2011 - 12:30 pm

Mayo Clinic has developed a screening procedure that could dramatically increase testing for Lynch syndrome, a hereditary genetic disorder that raises cancer risk, particularly for colorectal cancer. An estimated 3 percent of colon cancers can be attributed to Lynch syndrome. … Continue reading →

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Drug That Helps Metastatic Colon Cancer of No Benefit in Less Advanced Tumors

June 4th, 2010 - 7:50 am

ASCO Abstract Number: CRA3507 To the surprise of researchers at Mayo Clinic who led a national clinical trial, a targeted therapy that provides benefit to patients with metastatic colon cancer has failed to help patients with less advanced, stage III … Continue reading →

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Patients With Stage II and Stage III Colon Cancer Treated With 5-FU-Based Adjuvant Therapy After 1995 Have Improved Overall Survival

June 3rd, 2010 - 7:23 am

ASCO Abstract Number: 3616 Patients with stage III colon cancer treated with 5-FU-based chemotherapy after complete surgical removal of their tumor after 1995 had improved overall survival with no change in time to recurrence compared to patients treated before 1995. … Continue reading →

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Defining Cancer Risk and Development in Rare Cancer-Producing Syndrome

May 28th, 2010 - 12:00 pm

ASCO Abstract # 1510 Patients with the phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS), a rare genetic disorder that increases the risk of benign and malignant tumors, could be at a higher risk for colon cancer than once … Continue reading →

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Simple Test Could Appropriately Reduce Use of Chemotherapy in Colon Cancer Patients

May 26th, 2010 - 12:21 pm

ASCO Abstract # 3518 Patients with stage II colon cancer who have a specific defect in the ability to repair their DNA do not benefit from a common type of chemotherapy, says a research team from Mayo Clinic. They do … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic to Host Colon Cancer Event in Second Life

March 30th, 2010 - 11:10 am

Giving the term “virtual colonoscopy” a whole new meaning, Mayo Clinic will host its first presentation in Second Life on Wednesday, March 31st, at 3:30 p.m. CDT (1:30 SLT, or Second Life time). In recognition of March as Colon and … Continue reading →

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Colorectal Cancer, Colonoscopy and a Song

March 11th, 2010 - 5:02 pm

There’s no question it’s an odd topic for a song, and it’s a pretty safe bet that this one will never top the charts.  But it could save your life.  March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and recently, Peter Yarrow … Continue reading →

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Mayo researchers link obesity to worse outcome in patients being treated for colon cancer

March 9th, 2010 - 1:10 pm

It’s long been known that obesity is linked to increased risk of developing colon cancer, but now researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Minnesota have found that obesity is associated with worse outcomes in patients who have already been … Continue reading →

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Improved DNA Stool Test Could Detect Digestive Cancers in Multiple Organs

May 27th, 2009 - 11:50 am

Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated that a noninvasive screening test can detect not only colorectal cancer but also the common cancers above the colon — including pancreas, stomach, biliary and esophageal cancers. This is one of more than 100 Mayo … Continue reading →

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