Results of a new study by the American Cancer Society show that around 12 per cent of colorectal cancer deaths in the US are attributable to smoking. ...
Conventional screening tests for colorectal cancers are failing to identify a substantial proportion of cancers, say Australian researchers. ...
Bowel cancer screening, the latest preventive medicine being urged on the public, provides an instructive case study of how a single interpretation in medicine quickly transforms into established ...
In Europe and the US, the average life time risk of developing colorectal cancer is one in 20, but the risk can go up or down as a result of many factors: .. ...
A major HRT trial in the US has been halted because the combination of conjugated equine oestrogen (0.625 mg/ day) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (2.5 mg/day) (Prempro) simply did more harm than good.
Researchers from Belgium, France, the US and Poland have concluded that just because a tumour 'responds' to chemotherapy doesn't automatically mean a better chance of patient survival. ...
The Pan European Trial in Adjuvant Colon Cancer-1 (PETACC-1) trial has been halted after preliminary results showed a high death rate from AstraZeneca's new drug, raltitrexed. ...
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Western diets are high in fats compared to Oriental ones, and a 20 fold difference in colorectal cancer incidence exists between East and West. Consequently, fats have been suspected as the main c ...