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PreGen-Plus Colorectal Cancer Detection and Screening

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PreGen-Plus is the only non-invasive, DNA-based test available for the detection of colorectal cancer. Unlike other screening tests for colorectal cancer, PreGen-Plus provides a sensitive, non-invasive and easy-to-use option for the early detection of colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. Read more ...

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Rates of Colon and Rectal Cancers Are Increasing in Young Adults

Incidence rates for colorectal cancer are decreasing in the United States, possibly due to preventative cancer screening. Because these programs target older patients, their beneficial effects may not apply to young patients. The purpose of this study was to compare incidence rates and tumor ...

Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults.

2003 DEC 2 - - Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults. "Incidence rates for colorectal cancer are decreasing in the United States, possibly due to preventative cancer screening. Because these programs target older patients, their beneficial ...

Transanal excision for low rectal cancers is curative in early-stage disease with favorable histology

Controversy still exists as to the optimal treatment of early-stage low rectal cancers. Standard resections such as abdominal perineal resections or low anterior resection with coloanal anastomosis can be associated with significant morbidity. Local excision has been considered as a potentially far ...

Colon and rectal cancers.

Colon and Rectal Cancers Cancers of the large bowel, which includes the colon and rectum, are the second most common types, with 150,000 new cases per year and 70,000 deaths. These cancers are highly curable when detected and treated in an early stage; unfortunately, many people delay seeking ...

Colon and Rectal Cancers.

Colon and Rectal Cancers Definition Cancers of the large bowel, which includes the colon and rectum, affect 149,000 people in the United States per year and cause 56,000 deaths. Colorectal cancers are highly curable when detected and treated in an early stage, but many people delay seeking medical ...

HEALTH; 50% of Colon-Rectal Cancers Tied to Genetic Predisposition - New York Times

LEAD: An inherited predisposition contributes to more than half of all cases of colon and rectal cancer, a new study has found. An inherited predisposition contributes to more than half of all cases of colon and rectal cancer, a new study has found. The study indicates that roughly a third of white ...

Cytokine gene therapy shows antitumor effect on small rectal cancers.

2002 NOV 19 - - by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Cytokine gene therapy may be an effective adjuvant for conventional therapies designed for treating colorectal cancers. In addition, it may be able to prevent the establishment of new tumors from cancer cells ...

New NCCN Treatment Recommendations for Colon and Rectal Cancers.

Business Editors/Health and amp; Medical Writers ROCKLEDGE, PaBUSINESS WIREFeb. 4, 2003 The National Comprehensive Cancer Network announces the publication of the first of the 2003 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, the Colon and Rectal Cancer Treatment Guidelines, in the January ...

One in Five Rectal Cancers Recurred After Local Excision.

SAN DIEGO - Colorectal surgeons are rethinking local excision of early rectal cancer in light of disturbing findings in two studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. "These two studies have essentially thrust a knife through the heart of the ...

Asymptomatic renal neoplasms in the rectal cancer patient

Although cancers of the rectum and kidney are common malignancies the incidence of coexistent rectal and renal primary tumors is unclear. Our objective was to determine the true incidence of synchronous neoplasms of the rectum and kidney. The computed tumor registry database at the City of Hope ...

Colon Cancer Ribbon

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Colon Cancer Support Ribbon Lapel Pins. - Made in U.S.A. - Help Increase Colon Tumor Awareness and Early Detection.

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