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.
ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a genetic abnormality discovered in younger colon cancer victims might be used as an early warning sign of cancer risk.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 10 (UPI) -- Uveal melanoma, the most common type of cancer to develop within the eyeball in adults, has been linked to colon cancer in a U.S. study.
POTSDAM, Germany, July 5 (UPI) -- Waist circumference and a person's waist-to-hip ratio have been linked to an increased risk of colon cancer, a German study finds.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A Georgetown University study of more than 85,000 colon cancer victims indicates many female and elderly patients are not offered chemotherapy treatment.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- University of Michigan scientists are reporting success with a new method of attacking liver cancer in patients for whom surgery is not an option.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A U.S. study found only 44 percent of colon cancer patients had undergone any type of screening procedure at least six months before their diagnosis.
IRVING, Calif., June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have found a new genetic risk factor for colon cancer that could lead to early diagnosis and treatment for patients with the gene.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 5 (UPI) -- Colon cancer screening does not offer much benefit to patients younger than age 50, a new study suggests, so current colorectal testing recommendations -- meaning regular colonoscopy screenings for people over 50 -- remain unchanged.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A genetically based stool test for colon cancer can detect the earliest, curable stages of colon cancer, researchers report in the Jan. 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Colon cancer is 90 percent curable if detected and treated before spre
