Imaging technique spots colorectal tumors with 100% accuracy

A new method that provides accurate, real-time, computer-aided diagnosis of colorectal cancer identified tumors with 100% accuracy in a new pilot study.

Beth Miller-WUSTL • futurity
Dec. 11, 2019 • ~6 min

Do these genes link dietary fat and colon cancer?

Two genes that appear to help intestinal stem cells burn dietary fat may play a role in colon cancer, according to new research.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
Nov. 25, 2019 • ~2 min

Options don’t boost rates of colorectal cancer screening

A mail-in stool test kit every year or a colonoscopy every decade? Choices don't increase rates of colorectal cancer screening, research finds.

Frank Otto-Penn • futurity
Sept. 13, 2019 • ~5 min

These ‘harmless’ gut bacteria actually kill good microbes

A certain subtype of a common kind of gut bacteria kills "good" microbes. Could it even lead to cancer?

National University of Singapore • futurity
April 4, 2019 • ~5 min

Germy newborn days may thwart colon cancer later

Research with germ-free mice offers clues to how microbiota in mothers and babies may influence susceptibility to diseases, including cancer, later on.

LaTina Emerson-Georgia State • futurity
March 14, 2019 • ~5 min

Interaction between immune factors triggers cancer-promoting chronic inflammation

Harvard researchers found that interaction between immune factors triggers cancer-promoting chronic inflammation, setting the stage for the development of skin cancer associated with chronic dermatitis and colorectal cancer in patients with colitis.

Sue McGreevey • harvard
Feb. 11, 2019 • ~4 min

Cannabis compounds slow colon cancer in the lab

Synthetic cannabis compounds show promise for slowing colon cancer cell growth, researchers report.

Katie Bohn-Penn State • futurity
Feb. 6, 2019 • ~5 min

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