What Doctors Don't Tell YouScreening individuals aged 40-49 years for colorectal cancer is unlikely to yield much useful information, according to a new report.
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: .. ...
Calcium supplements may reduce the risk of colon cancer, according to a new report. ...
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. ...
An aspirin a day may not, after all, be the great cancer preventative suggested by several studies. ...
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. ...
With nearly 30,000 new cases diagnosed each year in the UK and over 130,000 in the US, colorectal cancer has risen up the ranks to become the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in both countries. However, combating the disease doesn’t...
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 ...
The supposed link between eating red meat and barbecued meat in particular and cancer is back in the melting pot after Swedish researchers were unable to establish a definite connection.
