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Colorectal Cancer News

Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Colorectal Cancer- Related News

Medindia provides you with the latest news and research breakthroughs on Colorectal Cancer. Please find 432 such items on this topic.

Colorectal Cancer Risk Factors Probed
Patient experiences with colorectal cancer screening has been assessed by new research being presented at Digestive Disease Week� (DDW). The research also questions current screening guideli...

Sigmoidoscopy Cuts Colorectal Cancer Rates
Flexible sigmoidoscopy is effective in reducing the rates of new cases and deaths due to colorectal cancer, reveals research. In a study that spanned almost 20 years, researchers found that...

Colonoscopy Video Improves Patient Compliance With Cancer Screening
Watching an online instructional video may help patients to keep their appointments and arrive prepared for a scheduled colonoscopy than those who do not. The study, presented at the 201...

Colonoscopy Could Help Predict Parkinson's Disease
Colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy can be used to predict Parkinson's disease, say scientists. Currently, Parkinson's disease afflicts almost 5 million people worldwide. It is proj...

Study Says Current Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Based on Studies That Were too Limited
A team of authors have claimed that current guidelines of colorectal cancer screening for people who have first-degree relatives with precancerous colon polyps are not effective as the studi...

Accuracy of Laxative-Free CT Colonography Perhaps Identical to Colonoscopy In Detecting High-Risk Polyps
CT-scan-based form of virtual colonoscopy requiring no laxative preparation emerges to be as effective as standard colonoscopy in spotting the intestinal polyps likeliest to turn cancerous. ...

Effect of Blood Pressure Drugs on Colon Cancer Risk
Blood pressure drugs don't protect against colorectal cancer, reveals study published in CANCER. In recent years, researchers have thought that beta blockers, which are prescribed to ...

Exercise Reduces Mortality Rate in Breast and Colon Cancer Patients
Physical activity linked to reduced mortality in breast and colon cancer patients, says study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Improvements in cancer treatme...

Colorectal Cancer Clues Sifted from �Junk� by Geisel Researchers
The switches that can turn on or off genes, related to colorectal cancer identified by two researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. The finding offers clues about the devel...

Risk of Breast Cancer Lowered but Risk of Colon Cancer Increased by Fetal Cells in Women
A possible causative link between the concentration of circulating Y-chromosome fetal cells and the risk of developing breast cancer and colon cancer in women who gave birth to children of e...

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