CHICAGO, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they've discovered a genetic trait that is likely the most common cause of colorectal cancer that's been found.
BOSTON, June 4 (UPI) -- Patients being treated for advanced colon cancer who have a family history of colon cancer may live longer than those with no family link, U.S. researchers say.
CLEVELAND, March 11 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have isolated the colorectal cancer gene, or the hereditary components of colorectal cancer.
BOSTON, July 24 (UPI) -- A study of U.S. Medicare patients provides more evidence that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer.
AARHUS, Denmark, June 27 (UPI) -- Danish scientists have determined new information about a protein called clusterin, which is responsible for colorectal cancer.
NUTLEY, N.J., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Roche said Monday an international phase 3 study of Xeloda showed the drug enhances survival in patients with advanced colorectal cancer.
NOTTINGHAM, England, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A vaccine developed in the U.K. stimulated the production of killer T cells in up to 70 of colorectal cancer patients.
SEATTLE, July 3 (UPI) -- The protective effect of aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs against colorectal cancer does not extend to long-term smokers, says U.S. study.
INNSBRUCK, Austria, April 15 (UPI) -- Testing for DNA changes in stools may provide a new, accurate, and less invasive way to screen patients for colorectal cancer, a study says.
BALTIMORE, March 13 (UPI) -- A blood test for genetic red flags could spot people at risk of colorectal cancer, Johns Hopkins researchers in Baltimore said Thursday. Colon cancer is the second-leading cancer killer in the United States.
