Colon Cancer

Laura Harris, who organized marathon swims on Cowichan, dies after battle with colon cancer


Laura Harris, the determined master swimmer who swam most of the length of Cowichan Lake every summer, lost her battle with colon cancer last week at home, surrounded by family.

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Response Genetics to Announce Bladder, Colon and Colorectal Cancer Results at the 2009 American Society of Clinical ...

Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

LOS ANGELES----Response Genetics Inc. , a company focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer, will announce the results of studies in bladder cancer, colon cancer and colorectal cancer that identify genes associated with positive chemotherapy outcome and tumor recurrence.

 

Surprise 'Spark' For Pre-cancerous Colon Polyps

Science Daily

Researchers have studied the events leading to colon cancer and found that an unexpected protein serves as the "spark" that triggers formation of colon polyps, the precursors to cancerous tumors.

 

Battling ovarian cancer - with no ovaries

Stephenville Empire-Tribune

When Kay Cochran had trouble eating for two years, she chalked it up to colon problems. When her stomach began expanding and developing hard places, she knew it was something more.

 

Former Naples Phil conductor Kunzel diagnosed with cancer

Naples Daily News

Music conductor Erich Kunzel, known as the “prince of pops,” has been diagnosed with pancreatic, liver and colon cancer. Kunzel, 74, steered the pops program of the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra for 10 years and built the pops program of the Cincinnati Symphony, which he joined in 1965, into one of national recognition.

 

Colon Cancer Survial Rate Increase

KARK Little Rock

People diagnosed with Metastatic Colon Cancer have a much better chance of beating the disease now compared to 20 years ago. Researchers looked at survival data for patients and found as new chemotherapy drugs were introduced. More patients beat the disease.

 

Study Finds Dramatic Increase in Metastatic Colon Cancer Survival

Newswise

Novel chemotherapy and biological agents for metastatic colorectal cancer, combined with surgical advances in liver resection, have resulted in a dramatic increase in survival for patients with advanced disease, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

 

Research Says Colorectal Cancer Increasing In Young Adults

redOrbit

A new study finds that in sharp contrast to the overall declining rates of colorectal cancer in the United States, incidence rates among adults younger than age 50 years are increasing.

 

American Cancer Society Looking for Participants for Cancer Research

KQ2 St. Joseph

ST. JOSEPH, MO -- (Press Release) The American Cancer Society is looking to St. Joseph residents to play a direct role in improving the lives of future generations, by participating in an historic study.

 

'A sad case': She chose herbals over surgery

AP via Yahoo! News

Leslee Flasch worked in a hospice. She had seen cancer treatments fail. Now doctors were saying she needed her colon removed to treat her rectal cancer. Barely 50 years old, she would have to wear a colostomy bag for the rest of her life.

 

ACLU Sues Myriad Genetics for Cancer Gene Patents

Medical Device Link

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Public Patent Foundation at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law filed a lawsuit charging that patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer stifle research that could lead to cures and limit women’s options regarding their medical care.