Identification and segmentation of tumors from CT scans are essential for early detection and effective treatment but they remain challenging due to imaging artifacts and significant variability in ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

Tanner Martin, an influencer who shared his terminal cancer journey with raw honesty and courage, has died following a nearly ...

Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a mutation in a common oncogene—a gene that can cause cancer—that may play an important role in colon cancer. Researchers also showed how this ...

The immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment formed by many solid tumors, particularly colon cancer, suppresses innate immune molecule expression and consequently limits T cell infiltration.

Colon cancer will be diagnosed in approximately 150,000 Americans in 2024. It’s the fourth most diagnosed cancer in the United States and one of the leading causes of cancer deaths, according to ...

Any type of colon surgery needs to be done on a clean and empty colon. You will be put on a special diet before surgery and may need to use laxative drinks and/or enemas to get all of the stool out of ...

Oxaliplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy is used for stage III colon cancer, but may induce disabling neurotoxicity. We previously showed that the incidence of oxaliplatin-induced peripheral ...

Timing of cancer diagnosis affects survival in colon cancerA major new study using one of the world’s largest cancer databases has found that the timing of a colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis ...

The ATOMIC trial (NCT02912559) included 712 patients with resected, stage III dMMR colon cancer who were at least 12 years old.

Which is something Cantwell knows all too well. “It’s just you never think it will be you. Until it is,” said Cantwell. With the mass cut out of her colon, another scheduled colonoscopy in the works ...