What You Should Know About Colon Cancer

Armenian Reporter, The;  November 23, 2002 ;   Terjanian, Terenig;   787 words ......role in the genesis of colorectal cancers, but specific factors have...implicated in the development of colorectal cancers. Most of these are associations...lining (epithelium) of the colon. At the very early stage...common hereditary type of colon cancer is called Hereditary ...

Amplistar Fast-Tracks Blood-Based Screening Test For Colon Cancer; Colon...

PR Newswire;  July 24, 2001 ;     714 words ......announced today that its blood-based colon cancer screening test entered into the...test may be highly specific for colon cancer. The research team at Amplistar...presence of antibodies specific to colon cancer circulating in colon cancer patients. In 2000 there were ...

Inflammation Marker Predicts Colon Cancer.

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  February 3, 2004 ;     639 words ......risk of developing colon cancer, according to a Johns...likely to develop colorectal cancers than those with low...diabetes, and now colon cancer, says Thomas Tate...odds of developing colorectal cancers increased progressively...risk of developing colorectal ...

How To Prevent Colon Cancer: New Research Updates Old Theories.

Environmental Nutrition;  January 1, 1999 ;   Antinoro, Linda;   787 words ...Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers--second...Strawberry may change that. His diagnosis of colon cancer last fall, coming on the heels of the...of Today show host Katie Couric, put colon cancer in the headlines. In the months since...

SUMMIT ON COLON CANCER TO BE HELD MARCH 8 - GOV. DOUGLAS TO DECLARE MARCH...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 6, 2006 ;     424 words ......release: The Vermont Summit on Colon Cancer, March 8 from 9 a.m. to 3:30...barriers to screening patients for colon cancer, the third leading cause of...who will proclaim March as Colon Cancer Awareness Month at the event...The five year survival rate of colon cancer is ...

Medicine: Aspirin May Prevent Colon Cancer

The Washington Post;  August 15, 1994 ;     231 words ......reduce the risk of heart disease, also helps prevent colon cancer, according to a medical journal. A study in today's issue...deadly forms of cancer. "We observed a lower risk for colorectal cancers among users of aspirin compared with nonusers," wrote...evidence to date of the benefits of aspirin ...

State lags in colon cancer prevention rates.

Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY);  June 24, 2005 ;     621 words ...Byline: Beth Wilberding Jun. 24--Colon cancer is the second leading cause of death...to educate residents of the risks of colon cancer. Our goal is to improve the quality...unnecessary suffering and premature death from colon cancer, Jones said. Jones is a gastroenterologist...

March Is Colon Cancer Awareness Month.

PR Newswire;  March 3, 2003 ;     787 words ......problem: only 37% of colorectal cancers are diagnosed at...patient acceptance, colon cancer screening is where...of screening for colon cancer? The traditional...inspect for polyps and colon cancer. These methods take...

To Cure Colon Cancer You First Have to Catch It; Four Tests Do a Good Job...

The Washington Post;  February 10, 1998 ;   Don Colburn;   787 words ...About 150 Americans will die today of colon cancer -- one of the most treatable of cancers...caught early. If not, it can be lethal. Colon cancer kills more Americans than any other...Taking advantage of a biological quirk of colon cancer -- it usually begins as a benign removable...

Calcium and colon cancer: are we jumping the gun again? (includes best...

Environmental Nutrition;  September 1, 1990 ;   Feld-Berkowitz, Kathy;   787 words ...Calcium and Colon Cancer: Are We Jumping the Gun Again? Calcium became the miracle...researchers are exploring calcium's influence on the risk of colon cancer. Possible Key to Colon Cancer. The theory that calcium protects against colon cancer...

Women Underrate Importance of Colon Cancer, Good Housekeeping Survey...

PR Newswire;  May 3, 2004 ;     787 words ......significantly underrate their risk for colon cancer and are not as concerned about the disease...of women and men are diagnosed with colon cancer every year (73,320 and 73,620 respectively...ovarian and lung cancers and think of colon cancer as a men's disease, according to the...

Colon cancer mutation traced to 1630

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  January 2, 2008 ;   Lois M. Collins Deseret Morning News;   567 words ......researchers have traced a hereditary form of colon cancer back to a married couple who arrived...mutation might be related to many colon cancer cases in the United States," says...of the general population develop colon cancer. AFAP also generally strikes at a...Neklason said the ...

New Survey Suggests Three Out of Four Americans Are Not Being Screened...

PR Newswire;  March 1, 2006 ;     669 words ......Breast, Prostate and Cervical Cancers, Colon Cancer Screening Rate Remains Low BALTIMORE...are not being screened regularly for colon cancer, though they are being screened regularly...American Cancer Society recommends regular colon cancer screening beginning at the age of 50...

GENETIC TESTING FOR COLON CANCER.(interview with doctor from Johns Hopkins...

Saturday Evening Post;  January 1, 1999 ;     787 words ......a genetic mutation, you can avoid colon cancer. A large number of Americans are at higher risk for colon cancer than the general public. Fortunately...individual's genetic risk for developing colon cancer. Genetic counselors can help people...

Exercise found to cut colon cancer 30 minutes of moderate activity each...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 22, 1997 ;   JOHN FAUBER;   478 words ...Colon cancer could be reduced by 15,000 cases a...said in a statement. The report said colon cancer rates could be cut by 15% if all Americans got adequate exercise. Colon cancer is the second-leading cancer killer...studies have shown that the reduction in colon cancer ...