Colon Cancer News
November 20, 2024
Top Headlines
Oct. 30, 2024 — Metastasis remains the primary challenge to reducing cancer deaths worldwide. A study is providing insights that researchers say point to therapeutic ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — Scientists have developed a molecular clock that records the timing of cellular events at a single-cell ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Novel chemical compounds from a fungus could provide new perspectives for treating colorectal cancer, one of the most common and deadliest cancers worldwide. Researchers have reported on the isolation and characterization of a previously unknown ...
Oct. 7, 2024 — Doctors have long believed the cancer drug 5-fluorouracil works by damaging the building blocks of DNA, but researchers have now found that in certain cancers, it kills cells by interfering with RNA synthesis. The findings could help researchers ...
Latest Headlines
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Oct. 23, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered a critical link between the overconsumption of red meat and an increased risk of colorectal cancer. Their findings pave the ...
Oct. 25, 2024 — Researchers have elucidated the role of the p53 gene in ulcerative colitis. The study suggests a potential new drug target to stop disease progression to ...
Aug. 14, 2024 — A new study has identified diet-derived molecules called metabolites as main drivers of young-onset colorectal cancer risk, especially those ...
July 30, 2024 — A study followed patients whose colorectal cancer was under control, but who had liver tumors that could not be surgically removed. All patients were ...
Aug. 1, 2024 — In a study of more than 100,000 people, researchers found that people with a less healthy lifestyle (higher BMI, greater smoking, greater alcohol ...
July 25, 2024 — A noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test that can be done at home could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer death by 33%, according to a new ...
July 24, 2024 — New research has advanced our knowledge of multiple roles for PTPRK, a receptor tyrosine phosphatase linked to the regulation of cell-cell adhesion, growth factor signalling and tumor suppression. ...
June 14, 2024 — An artificial intelligence-powered method for detecting tumor DNA in blood has shown unprecedented sensitivity in predicting cancer recurrence. The ...
June 14, 2024 — Results from a new phase 1 trial indicate that immunotherapy could be used to treat the most common form of colorectal cancer, also known as bowel cancer. Consistent responses to immunotherapy have ...
June 11, 2024 — Researchers have analyzed how an antidiabetic treatment could help control the growth of tumors, potentially paving the way for the design of better cancer ...
Earlier Headlines
May 29, 2024 — Research provides new evidence that most colorectal cancers begin with the loss of intestinal stem cells, even before cancer-causing genetic alterations appear. The results overturn the prevailing ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — In a breakthrough for cancer research, scientists have created lab-grown mini-colons that can accurately mimic the development of colorectal tumors, offering a powerful new tool for studying and ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Researchers have compiled a detailed catalogue of bacteria living in cancer metastases. Having analyzed over 4000 tumors, they shed light on the diversity of these co-inhabitants and how they might ...
Apr. 4, 2024 — Researchers have connected KRAS mutations in colorectal cancer to microbial signatures in the ...
Mar. 20, 2024 — Researchers have found that a specific subtype of a microbe commonly found in the mouth is able to travel to the gut and grow within colorectal cancer tumors. This microbe is also a culprit for ...
Mar. 5, 2024 — Researchers have designed a candidate drug that could help make pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, a treatable, perhaps even curable, ...
Feb. 28, 2024 — Researchers found that precancerous colon cells can avoid immune detection by turning on a gene called SOX17, which allows them to become essentially invisible to the immune ...
Jan. 17, 2024 — A new study highlights racial disparities in a subset of cancer patients and, using advanced biomedical research technology, provides evidence for those differences at the molecular ...
Dec. 18, 2023 — A team of scientists has successfully developed a groundbreaking targeted therapy that hones in on the KRAS protein that drives some of the deadliest human cancers, including pancreatic, lung and ...
Dec. 13, 2023 — Hard-to-detect colorectal pre-cancerous lesions known as serrated polyps, and the aggressive tumors that develop from them, depend heavily on the ramped-up production of cholesterol, according to a ...
Nov. 21, 2023 — According to data in mice, extra tryptophan could reduce the risk of future colitis ...
Nov. 16, 2023 — A new scientific finding is the foundation for the first clinical trial in the U.S. to study an experimental drug's ability to fight pancreatic cancer with metastasis to the liver. ...
Nov. 13, 2023 — Intratumoral therapy -- in which cancer drugs are injected directly into tumors -- is a promising treatment option for solid cancers but has shown limited success in clinical trials due to an ...
Nov. 2, 2023 — Researchers have identified a signaling pathway by which aspirin can inhibit colorectal ...
Sep. 12, 2023 — Scientists discovered a previously unknown interaction between proteins that is responsible for supplying energy to tumor cells and could hold significant implications for the development of future ...
Aug. 21, 2023 — Anti-estrogenic therapies can suppress the growth of cancer that does not express estrogen receptors; when combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies, they halt tumor progression in mice ...
June 28, 2023 — In an exciting new study adding to the global pool of knowledge about the roots of human cancers, researchers are establishing a clear link between different types of cancers and their embryonic ...
May 31, 2023 — A new study has linked certain types of gut bacteria to the development of precancerous colon ...
Researchers Chart a Course for Understanding, Preventing, and Treating Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer
Mar. 16, 2023 — Researchers outline the complexities of young-onset colorectal cancer and the research needed to map out a path toward understanding ...
Jan. 17, 2023 — Researchers studied human colon cancer tissue samples and animal models and found that exposure to salmonella was linked with colon cancers that developed earlier and grew ...
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