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Oncologists Issue Guidelines for Stage II Colon Cancer  -  NEW YORK (Cancer Online) - Results of a meta-analysis conducted by researchers from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) suggest treatment of stage II colon cancer patients with adjuvant ...
Calcium More Protective Against Some Polyps  -  NEW YORK (Cancer Online) - Researchers at Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, NH have reported that ingestion of more than 1,200mg of calcium per day may decrease the risk of colon polyps. In t ...
Calcium May Cut Cancer Risk for Every 2 Glasses of Milk  -  NEW YORK (Cancer Online) - In the July 7 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Eunyoung Cho, ScD of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston reported that "moderate milk and calcium i ...
CEA Vaccine Combined with Celebrex Prevents Colon Tumor in Mice  -  NCI researchers have shown that the potent nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib (Celebrex), when used with the relatively new CEA cancer vaccine, is effective in preventing colon tu ...
Pre-Surgical Chemoradiation Provides Better Control For Rectal Cancer  -  SALT LAKE CITY OCT 28, 2003 (Cancer Online) - It is estimated that in 2003, more than 130,000 new cases of colorectal cancer will be diagnosed in the United States. Surgery is the standard initial t ...
Abnormal CT Detects Malignant Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia  -  NEW YORK (Cancer Online) - Recent studies conducted by Dr. Michael Lishner and colleagues at Meir Hospital in Kfar-Saba, Israel have found that computed tomography (CT) scans are comparable to endosc ...
U.S. Study Suggests Colonoscopies Are Overdone  - NEW YORK (Cancer Online) - Although it is estimated this year 147,000 Americans will develop colorectal cancer and 57,000 will die from it, a recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine reported t ...
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