Colon cancer diagnosis involves colonoscopy, imaging, and blood tests, with staging guiding treatment decisions. Stage 1 treatment typically involves surgery, while stage 2 may include chemotherapy ...
Researchers and physicians have grappled with the role of "adjuvant," or post-surgery, chemotherapy for patients with early-stage colon cancer, even for cancers considered high risk. Now researchers ...
ctDNA testing post-surgery identifies high-risk stage 3 colon cancer patients more accurately than traditional staging methods. Detectable ctDNA correlates with a four- to six-fold increased risk of ...
When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer — which includes both colon and rectal cancers — many people immediately think "surgery." And it’s true that surgery plays a central role ...
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) — genetic material shed from tumors into the bloodstream — may help risk-stratify patients with Stage 3 colon cancer by tailoring chemotherapy options after surgery based ...
Aspirin reduces the risk for colorectal cancer in high-risk groups, such as Lynch syndrome, but shows no benefit in the ...
Katie Davis lived the typical life of a busy college student when she first started feeling stomach pain. Then, a 20-year-old junior and marketing major at Westchester University in Pennsylvania, ...
Katie Davis lived the typical life of a busy college student when she first started feeling stomach pain. Then, a 20-year-old junior and marketing major at Westchester University in Pennsylvania, ...