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How colon cancer is treated

Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Key Takeaways Colon cancer treatment depends on the stage, tumor characteristics, ...
Diagnostic and surgical approaches to treating the disease are evolving — just as rates are spiking. Learn how the surgical ...
Ciara Mageean, the Irish runner who won the European 1,500-meter title in Rome, died on November 1 at age 34. She had been ...
The approach only works for a specific genetic subtype of bowel cancer, and the researchers now say they can predict who it works for.
An 85-year-old woman with a positive Cologuard test seeks guidance after her gastroenterologist declined a colonoscopy.
In pMMR/MSS colon cancer, neoadjuvant BOT+BAL met the trial’s primary endpoint with a 36% major pathologic response rate, including 29% pathologic complete response, within an overall 71% pathologic ...
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in Norway, which also has one of the highest incidence rates in the world ...
High-dose omega-3 fatty acid supplements might improve survival among some patients with advanced colon cancer, a new study ...
In the phase 3 EMT2 trial, high-dose EPA was associated with longer overall survival but not improved progression-free ...
Patients assigned to receive high-dose eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), an omega-3 fatty acid, before and after surgery for ...
A short course of immunotherapy before surgery may offer remarkably durable protection for some patients with stage two or three bowel cancer. In the NEOPRISM-CRC trial, 32 patients with a specific ...
An 85-year-old woman with a positive Cologuard test seeks guidance after her gastroenterologist declined a colonoscopy, ...