Although colorectal cancer screening tests are proven to reduce colorectal cancer mortality, only about half of U.S. men and women 50 and older receive the recommended tests, according to a…

Good intentions don’t always translate into action when it comes to colorectal cancer screening, researchers from the UK have found.

A person’s health and socioeconomic status played a much more important…

aking advantage of the fact that the intestines have a separate immune system from the rest of the body, scientists at the Kimmel Cancer Center…

Patients diagnosed with colon cancer who had abundant vitamin D in their blood were less likely to die during a follow-up period than those who were deficient in the…

British scientists said on Tuesday they had identified subtle chemical changes that allow abnormal cells to multiply out of control, a finding that could help detect colon cancer…

A substantial proportion of rectal cancer patients are receiving inappropriate surgical care, because of wide variations in practice across England, reveals research published ahead of print in…

Among patients with advanced colon cancer receiving treatment that includes chemotherapy, a family history of colorectal cancer is associated with a significant reduction in cancer…

The interaction of sex, age and ethnicity has a significant impact on overall survival in metastatic colorectal cancer (MCRC) patients, a study led by researchers at the University…

Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators say they have conclusively demonstrated that a substantial subset of colon cancer patients should not receive chemotherapy because it provides no clinical…

Recent work from the Finnish Academy Center of Excellence on Cancer Biology at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has shed light on the mechanisms of colon…

Use of chemotherapy with the drug cisplatin before other treatments did not improve disease-free survival for patients with anal canal cancer compared to the…

APRIL 23, 2008 – Researchers from Korea have found that technically efficient screening and diagnostic colonoscopy generally requires experience with 150 cases or more.…

Higher consumption of fish oil may lead to a significant reduction in the risk of colorectal cancer, according to a meta-analysis conducted by researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands and…

A new study by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) has found evidence that supports gender-related differences in the development and survival of metastatic…

Smoking puts older women at significant risk for loss of DNA repair proteins that are critical for defending against development of some colorectal cancers, according…

The apples and apple juice you consume may have positive effects in one of the most unlikely places in the body – in the colon.…

A program of colorectal cancer screening using the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) appears to reduce emergency episodes of colorectal cancer and improves 30-day mortality rates, according to findings from…

Doctors may one day be able to detect early stages of colon cancer without a biopsy, using a new technique developed by researchers at the Stanford…

A research scientist at the Northern California Cancer Center, a leading, independent, population-based research organization, has released a major study on the incidence of colorectal cancer among Vietnamese Americans. One of the…

Although new evidence released by the American Cancer Society attributes early detection to the sharp decline in colorectal cancer deaths in the U.S., not enough…

A study released this week from researchers at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System in California shows that non-polypoid colorectal neoplasms or flat colon lesions, are more…

Flat, non-polypoid colorectal neoplasms (NP-CRNs), which may be difficult to detect, appear to be relatively common and may have a greater association with cancer compared with the more routinely…

he incidence of colorectal cancer has declined in recent years, thanks to increased screening for the disease. However, many Americans haven’t gotten the message about screening. An estimated 148,800…

New data revealing decreasing trends in cancer deaths in the United States overall, and in colorectal cancer deaths in particular, highlight the remarkable…

PURPOSE: To evaluate patterns of locoregional failure, and predictors of recurrence and survival in patients treated with chemoradiation for anal cancer.
METHODS AND MATERIALS: Between…