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December 29, 2009
Statins don't curb colorectal cancer risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking a cholesterol-lowering statin will lower your cholesterol but it won't cut your risk of developing colorectal cancer, according to study of more than 400,000 Canadians.
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December 2, 2009
CT scans may predict survival in colorectal cancer
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Doctors may be able use an advanced X-ray called a CT scan to see whether patients with advanced colorectal cancer are responding to treatment with Avastin and chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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August 26, 2009
Colorectal cancer attitudes vary by ethnicity
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men and people of South Asian descent are more likely to have unfavorable perceptions of colon cancer screening, research from the UK shows.
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April 13, 2009
Colorectal cancer risk appears unaffected by coffee
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Coffee is not significantly associated with a decreased risk of colorectal, colon, or rectal cancer, contrary to the results of previous trials that found a possible protective effect of coffee against these cancers, according to the results of a review of studies published in the International Journal of Cancer.
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December 16, 2008
Smoking linked to colorectal cancer deaths
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cigarette smoking is associated with the occurrence of colorectal cancer and with mortality from the disease, according to a multinational team.
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December 15, 2008
U.S. blacks lag whites in colorectal cancer progress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colorectal cancer diagnoses and deaths have fallen in the United States this decade, but the gap in progress between whites and blacks is widening, the American Cancer Society said on Monday.
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August 14, 2008
Crucial genetic factor in colorectal cancer found
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have identified what they see as the leading cause of inherited colorectal cancer -- a genetic abnormality that makes a person about nine times more likely to get the disease.
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July 16, 2008
US colorectal cancer screening rates still too low
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just half of Americans who should be screened for colorectal cancer are actually getting tested, and lack of health insurance appears to be a major reason why, new research suggests.
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July 11, 2008
Vitamin D levels tied to colorectal cancer survival
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer who had abundant vitamin D in their blood prior to diagnosis were less likely to die during a follow-up period than those who were deficient in the vitamin, researchers report.
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June 30, 2008
Roche's Avastin prolongs colorectal cancer patients' survival
ZURICH (Reuters) - A new study of Roche Holding AG's cancer drug Avastin showed significantly improved survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer irrespective of K-Ras gene mutations, the Basel-based drug maker said on Monday.
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June 25, 2008
Estrogen may protect against colorectal cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Female colon cancer patients who are 50 or younger have much better odds of surviving the disease than their male peers, but the opposite is true of older women with the disease, Australian researchers report.
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June 19, 2008
Vitamin D helps colorectal cancer patients: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vitamin D may extend the lives of people with colon and rectal cancer, according to a study published on Wednesday, suggesting another health benefit from the so-called sunshine vitamin.
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March 24, 2008
Occult blood test reduces colorectal cancer crises
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A program of colorectal cancer screening using the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) appears to reduce emergency episodes of colorectal cancer and improves 30-day mortality rates, according to findings from a UK study published in the medical journal Gut.
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September 24, 2007
Roche says Avastin effective in colorectal cancer
ZURICH (Reuters) - New clinical data showed Avastin improved the chances of a removal of metastatic lesions in patients with colorectal cancer, Swiss drug maker Roche Holding said on Monday.
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May 29, 2007
Dietary fiber doesn't lower colorectal cancer risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although the potential connection between dietary fiber and colorectal cancer has long held an attraction for both medical researchers and the general public, investigators report that the results of a large new study do not support this link.
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March 28, 2007
Calcium, vitamin D may ward off colorectal cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who consume relatively high levels of calcium and dairy products and take vitamin D supplements seem to be protected to some degree against colorectal cancer, researchers have found.
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February 9, 2007
Vitamin D may cut risk of colorectal cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking 1,000 to 2,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D each day may safely reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, according to pooled data from published studies.