Task force: Colon cancer screenings can stop at 75

Oct. 6, 2008

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Most people over 75 should stop getting routine colon cancer tests, according to a government health task force that also rejected the latest X-ray screening technology....

Lifestyle, screening key to cancer decline

BOSTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Healthier lifestyle choices and screening have contributed greatly to the 13 percent decline in U.S. cancer mortality since 1990, a researcher said.

U.S. colorectal cancer deaths down

OAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. study shows colorectal cancer deaths among men and women dropped 4.3 percent per year from 2002 to 2005, researchers said.

Colorectal cancer screening 'adequate'

HELSINKI, Finland, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Roughly four out of 10 colorectal cancers were detected in Finland by a colorectal cancer screening program using a fecal occult blood test, researchers say.

Blood test can detect colon cancer

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- An Israeli researcher says he has developed a simple early-warning, painless and inexpensive blood test to detect colon cancer.

Controlling enzyme may slow cancer growth

NORMAN, Okla., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Controlling a certain enzyme could inhibit growth of lung, breast, colon and pancreatic cancers, University of Oklahoma researchers said.

Exercise prevents cancer, only with sleep

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Regular physical activity can lower a woman's overall risk of cancer but only if she gets a good night's sleep, U.S. researchers said.

Minerals may reduce colon cancer risk

NASHVILLE, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Calcium supplements only reduce the risk of colon cancer recurrence if the ratio of calcium to magnesium is low, U.S. researchers suggest.

Study: Brain cancer runs in families

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Relatives of those with brain cancer have a higher risk of brain cancer themselves, researchers in Israel said.

All colon polyps need not be removed

MADISON, Wis., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. radiologist suggests surgically removing every small colon polyp is costly and may be unnecessary.

Singer Yma Sumac dies at 86

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Peruvian-born singer Yma Sumac has died in Los Angeles following a bout with colon cancer, her personal assistant said. Sumac was 86.

Genes might predict bowel cancer prognosis

MONTPELLIER, France, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- French medical scientists say they've identified patterns of gene expression that can predict response to treatment of advanced metastatic colorectal cancer.

Bacterial link to colon cancer studied

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have discovered the human colon reacts to changes in a common bacterium in ways that might promote the growth of cancer.

Women need less smoking to up colon risk

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Women require less tobacco exposure than men to have a significantly higher risk of colorectal cancer, U.S. researchers say.

Mistrial declared in editor's slay trial

HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Members of a hung jury say there wasn't enough conclusive evidence to convict a former Hartford, Conn., newspaper editor of the murder of a man he'd just met.

Colon cancer linked with obesity, genetics

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they are the first to demonstrate a genetic linkage between obesity and the risk of colon cancer.