Big PFS Improvement in Highly Mutated CRC With Dual Immunotherapy
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Frontline dual immunotherapy significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) versus chemotherapy in microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) metastatic colorectal cancer... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 22, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
I'm 32 and battled severe diarrhea for years. I learned my bathroom issues were actually stage 4 COLON CANCER
Raquel (pictured), from California, suffered diarrhea and painful bowel movements on and off for four years. She could go for a number two up to 10 times a day. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rate of colon cancer screening in N.S. is low. This researcher is determined to find out why
Nova Scotia sends out about 180,000 at-home kits to screen for colon cancer, but less than half are sent back to the lab to be checked. Arlinda Ruco will spend the next five years trying to change that. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nova Scotia Source Type: news
Cancer Deaths Are Falling, but There May Be an Asterisk
The American Cancer Society found many deaths prevented, but an uptick in incidence of a variety of cancers. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Cancer Deaths (Fatalities) Breast Cancer Colon and Colorectal Cancer American Cancer Society Research Statistics Journal of the American Medical Assn Source Type: news
ACS: Cancer mortality declines, but incidence rates rise
Overall cancer mortality continues to decline, but incidence rates are up, according to a January 17 report by the American Cancer Society (ACS).
The report shows that there have been more than four million fewer deaths from cancer in the U.S. since 1991. However, it also showed increased incidence for six of the top 10 cancers as the projected number of new diagnoses is over two million for the first time.
“I think we’re all grappling with what the environmental factor that is changing the cancer incidence and mortality among the young," said ACS chief scientific officer William Dahut, MD, at a press conference.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties CT Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Tumor Immunogenicity Biomarkers: the Potential of Immunoscore IC ® (CD8/PDL1) in Drug Development, Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Xtalks
In this free webinar, learn about the Immunoscore Immune Checkpoint (CD8/PDL1) assay. Experts will provide an in-depth review of the assay's analytical performance, clinical relevance and efficacy, with a focus on metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: TRI FVT Source Type: news
Cancer mortality rates decline, health disparities persist
While cancer mortality rates declined in the U.S. between 2000 and 2020, racial and ethnic disparities persisted for many cancers, a study published January 12 in JAMA Health Forum found.
The overall cancer mortality rate ratio between Black and white individuals decreased during the study period. However, the ratio increased for female breast cancer and male colorectal cancer, and disparities remained for prostate, male lung and bronchus, and female colorectal cancer, according to the study led by Anjali Gupta and Tomi Akinyemiju, PhD, from Duke University in Durham, NC.
“Our results underscore the importance of susta...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Breast Imaging Chest Radiology Genitourinary Radiology Source Type: news
Robotic Surgery Preferred for Most Colorectal Cancer Surgeries
THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 -- Robotic surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC) offers an advantage over conventional laparoscopy by improving textbook outcomes for right colectomy (RC) and left colectomy (LC), according to a study recently published in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 11, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What to Know About Appendiceal Cancer
The actor Adan Canto’s death from appendiceal cancer—or cancer of the appendix—came as a shock to his fans. Canto, who died on Jan. 8 at age 42, had kept his diagnosis and treatment private, and his family has not publicly shared any information about how long Canto lived with the disease.
Here’s what to know about the rare condition.
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What is appendiceal cancer?
A rare form of intestinal cancer, appendix cancer—like colorectal cancer—is on the rise for unknown reasons. “In the last century, the rates were around one to two per...
Source: TIME: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Vaccine 'Promising' for Delaying Relapse in KRAS-Mutated Pancreatic Cancer, CRC
(MedPage Today) -- An investigational therapeutic vaccine appeared to be effective in delaying relapse of KRAS-mutated pancreatic and colorectal cancer (CRC), according to results from the phase I AMPLIFY-201 study.
Among 25 patients with pancreatic... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 9, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Anti-diabetes drugs may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer
People with diabetes who took drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists had a lower risk of colorectal cancer compared with those prescribed other diabetes drugs. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - January 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Racial, ethnic representation increases over time in NCDB
Representation of Hispanic and American Indian or Alaska Native individuals in the National Cancer Database (NCDB) has increased over time, according to research published December 27 in JAMA Network Open.
A team led by Yasoda Satpathy from University of California, San Diego found in a study of more than 5 million individuals who were diagnosed with breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer that while these groups were undercaptured in the database, their representation improved over time.
“An understanding of the limitations of the NCDB, including limited representation of Hispanic and American Indian or Alaska N...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 28, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news
Hispanic, Indigenous Americans Undercaptured in National Cancer Database
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 -- Hispanic and American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals diagnosed with breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer have been undercaptured in the National Cancer Database (NCDB), but their representation is... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Watch Dolly Parton Serenade a Fan With Cancer to Fulfill His Bucket List Wish
Dolly Parton just made a deserving fan’s wish come true. Two years after a Utah man named LeGrand Gold made a bucket list in the midst of battling stage four colorectal cancer, the 77-year-old country star made one of his wildest dreams come true by serenading him over the phone. Related The Story…#dollyparton #utah #legrandgold #dallas #parton #grammy #rockstar #gold #lg #utahn (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Colon Cancer Screening May Be Even More Effective Than Experts Thought
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 -- Getting your preventive screening colonoscopy could be even more of a lifesaver than you thought, a new analysis finds.
The two gold standard tests for spotting cancers and polyps of the colon -- colonoscopy and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
