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2019 colorectal cancer NCCN guidelines

The theme of the 2019 NCCN Annual Meeting is to expand biomarker testing to guide the precise treatment of cancer, as well as new changes to colorectal cancer (CRC) guidelines. The 5-year survival ra...

How to choose immunotherapy drugs for colorectal cancer?

Immunotherapy uses drugs to help the body's own immune system better recognize and destroy cancer cells. Immunotherapy can be used to treat patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Immune checkpo...

Chemotherapy or targeted therapy for colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors. In China, the incidence of colorectal cancer is ranked 4th and 3rd among men and women, respectively. Entering a state of advanced disease...

Obesity and colon cancer

According to a recent study  published in JAMA Oncology, obesity is  associated with an increased risk of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) in women.A medical doctor from Boston Massachusetts Gene...

Colon cancer warning signal should never be ignored

According to the CDC, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States.You might think this is a probl...

How do you prevent bowel cancer through five simple lifestyles?

Among patients with bowel cancer, nearly half of the cases can be prevented by lifestyle changes.Of the 42,000 people diagnosed each year, 95% are over 50 years old. Risk factors include overweight, s...

Genetic testing may change treatment for this rare intestinal tumor

Appendic cancer is very rare, accounting for less than 1% of gastrointestinal tumors, and there is little scientific data on the disease, which means that the current guidelines for the treatment of c...

Cytokine-mediated obesity stimulates intestinal cancer

A new study describes themechanistic relationship between thecytokine interleukin-1β(IL-1β) and obesity. WhenIL-1βlevels increase in obesity, theactivation ofIL-1receptor signaling leads to a large...

I have bowel cancer and want to live longer to change my diet

According to a new study by the American Cancer Society, patients with colorectal cancer who eat a healthy diet have a reduced risk of dying from colorectal cancer, even those who improve their diet a...

Major discovery: this gene mutation is associated with colon cancer

For many years, doctors have been confused about why colon cancer can develop in people who find nothing on colonoscopy. A new discovery from Oklahoma Medical Research may help explain why, and this ...

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