ALLMedicine™ Colon Cancer Center

May 5th, 2021 - Landscape characteristics have been shown to influence health outcomes, but few studies have examined their relationship with cancer survival. We used data from the National Land Cover Database to examine associations between regional-stage colon ...

May 5th, 2021 - To evaluate the expression of retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγ) and its potential role in the prognosis of colon cancer. The Cancer Genome Atlas and GSE117606 were used to evaluate to RORγ levels in colon cancer, and real-time quantita...

May 4th, 2021 - Echinococcus granulosus is a cestode parasite which causes cystic echinococcosis disease. Previously we observed that vaccination with E. granulosus antigens from human hydatid cyst fluid (HCF) significantly inhibits colon cancer growth. In the pr...

May 4th, 2021 - There is increasing evidence to support the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in locally advanced colon cancer (LACC). However, its safety, efficacy and side effect profile is yet to be completely elucidated. This review aims to assess NAC reg...

May 4th, 2021 - Human endogenous retroviruses (HERV) have been implicated in a variety of diseases including cancers. Recent research implicates HERVs in epigenetic gene regulation. Here we utilize a recently developed bioinformatics tool for identifying HERV exp...

Jul 23rd, 2020 - Localised colon cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.|2020|Argilés G,Tabernero J,Labianca R,Hochhauser D,Salazar R,|diagnosis,epidemiology,therapy,

May 31st, 2020 - Alberto F. Sobrero, MD, of the Ospedale San Martino, discusses final results of the IDEA study, which supported the use of 3 months of adjuvant CAPOX, vs 6 months, for most patients with stage III colon cancer. The shorter treatment duration reduc...

May 29th, 2020 - Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, MD, MPH, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses results from the CALGB/SWOG 80702 trial of celecoxib plus standard adjuvant therapy with fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX). Adding celecoxib to standard ch...

May 28th, 2020 - Prospective evaluation of nearly 13,000 individuals with stage III colon cancer found minimal difference in 5-year overall survival (OS) with 3 versus 6 months of adjuvant CAPOX or FOLFOX for the majority of patients, according to the final result...

May 28th, 2020 - Patients with untreated heavily mutated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) lived twice as long without disease progression when they received an immune checkpoint inhibitor instead of chemotherapy, a randomized trial showed.

May 5th, 2021 - Landscape characteristics have been shown to influence health outcomes, but few studies have examined their relationship with cancer survival. We used data from the National Land Cover Database to examine associations between regional-stage colon ...

May 5th, 2021 - To evaluate the expression of retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγ) and its potential role in the prognosis of colon cancer. The Cancer Genome Atlas and GSE117606 were used to evaluate to RORγ levels in colon cancer, and real-time quantita...

May 4th, 2021 - Echinococcus granulosus is a cestode parasite which causes cystic echinococcosis disease. Previously we observed that vaccination with E. granulosus antigens from human hydatid cyst fluid (HCF) significantly inhibits colon cancer growth. In the pr...

May 4th, 2021 - There is increasing evidence to support the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in locally advanced colon cancer (LACC). However, its safety, efficacy and side effect profile is yet to be completely elucidated. This review aims to assess NAC reg...

May 4th, 2021 - Human endogenous retroviruses (HERV) have been implicated in a variety of diseases including cancers. Recent research implicates HERVs in epigenetic gene regulation. Here we utilize a recently developed bioinformatics tool for identifying HERV exp...

Jan 7th, 2021 - The right colon appears to age faster in Black people than in White people, perhaps explaining the higher prevalence of right-side colon cancer among Black Americans, according to results from a biopsy study. The findings were published online Dec...

Nov 8th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The technical skills of the surgeon have a considerable impact on patient outcomes followings colon-cancer surgery, according to a new study. "It may seem obvious but it's the first time ever demonstrated - surgeon tech...

Nov 2nd, 2020 - (Reuters Health) - Older adults with vision impairment are less likely to receive recommended breast and colon cancer screenings than peers without vision problems, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data from the 2015 and 2018 National H...

Nov 2nd, 2020 - The guideline on localized colon cancer was released on October 1, 2020 by the European Society for Medical Oncology.[1] Invasive Screening   A complete colonoscopy is the recommended method for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in average-risk me...

Nov 2nd, 2020 - The guideline on localized colon cancer was released on October 1, 2020 by the European Society for Medical Oncology.[1] Invasive Screening   A complete colonoscopy is the recommended method for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in average-risk me...