Rectal cancer often involves surgeries that can lead to a debilitating loss of bowel function for patients.
However, new research suggests that a less aggressive approach to treating the disease has helped an increasing number of patients avoid these surgeries.
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Radiation therapy might not be necessary in treating some forms of rectal cancer and lymphoma, sparing patients from the toxic treatment, a pair of new clinical trials shows.
One trial found that rectal cancer patients whose tumors shrink in response to chemotherapy can ...
Maintaining a healthy weight may be important for reducing the risk of gastrointestinal cancer, a new study suggests.
The research adds to the evidence that excess weight and weight increases in adulthood increase the risk for colon and other gastrointestinal (GI) cance...
A small study delivers startling results on the power of a new immunotherapy treatment against rectal cancer: The drug triggered remission in all the patients who got it.
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Colon cancer rates are increasing for younger Americans, along with rates of obesity. Could slimming down reduce young people's risk for malignancy?
A new study suggests that even a small amount of weight loss may cut your odds for benign growths in the colon known as ad...
Yet another study is chipping away at the idea that colon and rectal cancers are diseases of older age: In the past couple decades, Americans younger than 40 have shown the steepest rise in advanced cases of these cancers.
The research adds to evidence of a disturbing, a...
Most American adults don't know that alcohol boosts cancer risk, but a majority support steps to increase awareness of the link, a new nationwide survey shows.
""It is important that people are made fully aware of the potential harms of alcohol so that they may make info...
Many cancer patients take dietary supplements in hopes of keeping their disease at bay, but British researchers say there's little evidence it will pay off.
In fact, they add, supplements may not only be ineffective, but harmful as well.
"We found 1 in 5 peopl...
The first wave of girls to receive the HPV vaccine are much less likely to contract or die from cervical cancer than women just a few years older, a new study reports.
Nearly all cases of cervical cancer are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), for which a vaccine has b...
U.S. cancer clinical trial participants have become more diverse in makeup, but certain groups remain underrepresented, a new study finds.
It's important to have a wide range of participants in clinical trials, to find out if treatments are safe and effective for people ...
Younger patients with advanced colon cancer don't live longer than older patients, but it's unclear why, researchers say.
The authors of the new study said they were surprised by the findings, which come as colon cancer rates are on the rise among young Americans.
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Black American women with low levels of vitamin D have higher odds of developing colon cancer, according to a new research that echoes previous findings in white women.
Researchers used a vitamin D prediction model for nearly 50,000 participants in the Black Women's Heal...
There's good news for health-conscious sausage and bacon lovers.
A new study suggests the Japanese knotweed plant could be used to make healthier cured meats.
According to researchers, this fast-growing plant that invades gardens and buildings contains a chemical t...
Here's another reason to avoid unnecessary use of antibiotics: Long-term use of these medications could increase your risk of colon cancer, researchers say.
"While in many cases antibiotic therapy is necessary and saves lives, in the event of less serious ailments that c...
Foods rich in vitamin D may help protect younger adults against colon cancer, researchers report.
While colon cancer is decreasing overall, cases among younger adults have been on the rise. The trends dovetail with a decline in vitamin D intake from foods such as fish, m...
Immunotherapy helped extend the lives of some patients with the most common type of advanced colon cancer, researchers report.
The new findings are important, they noted, because immunotherapy doesn't typically work against microsatellite stable (MSS) colon cancer. These...
Antibiotics may increase the risk of colon cancer, especially in younger people, U.K. researchers report.
"To our knowledge, this is the first study to link antibiotic use with the growing risk of early-onset colon cancer -- a disease which has been increasing at a rate ...
In a finding that offers the first evidence that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is indeed protecting women from cervical cancer, new research shows cases in the United States have slowly but steadily declined over the last decade and a half.
However, other HPV-re...
Having close relatives with colon polyps -- which can be precursors of cancer -- could mean that you have a higher risk for colon cancer, researchers say.
Colon cancer is the second deadliest form of cancer in the world, according to the World Health Organization.
The first device that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help detect possible signs of colon cancer during colonoscopy has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The GI Genius uses AI-based machine learning to help identify lesions such as polyps or su...
New research offers insight into why regular, long-term use of low-dose aspirin may reduce the risk of death from colon and rectal cancers.
Resarchers found that aspirin prevents blood cells called platelets from producing an enzyme that allows them to clump together. T...
Getting a colonoscopy as soon as possible after an abnormal stool test could reduce your risk of colon cancer and death from the disease, researchers say.
In a new study, investigators analyzed data from more than 200,000 U.S. veterans, aged 50 to 75, who had an abnormal...
Breast cancer has surpassed lung cancer as the world's most commonly diagnosed cancer.
In 2020, there were an estimated 19.3 million new cancer cases and nearly 10 million cancer deaths worldwide, according to the Global Cancer Statistics 2020 report from the American Ca...
Obesity affects colon cancer risk differently in women and men, new research reveals.
British researchers analyzed data from more than 58,000 people with colon cancer and nearly 68,000 without.
The takeaway: A higher body mass index (BMI, an estimate of body fat ba...
Social and financial struggles are common among Black American cancer survivors and take a heavy toll on their health-related quality of life, according to a new study.
Health-related quality of life among cancer survivors -- how a person perceives their mental, physical...
Girls who are vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) may drastically cut their chances of developing cervical cancer by age 30, a huge, new study finds.
Researchers found that of more than 1.6 million young Swedish women, those who'd gotten the HPV vaccine wer...
Many Americans at high risk for colon cancer don't know how often they need to have a screening colonoscopy, researchers say.
The report follows the recent death of actor Chadwick Boseman, who died Aug. 28 at age 43 after a private, four-year battle with colon cancer...
Blood pressure drugs don't increase the risk of cancer, according to the largest study to examine the issue.
A possible link between blood pressure drugs and cancer has been the subject of debate for decades, but evidence has been inconsistent and conflicting.
...Cities around the world are increasingly turning to streetlights emitting so-called "blue light," and it's also common in smartphones, laptops and tablets. Now, a study hints that excess exposure to blue-spectrum light might raise a person's odds for colon cancer.
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Scientists are working on a blood test that may catch five common cancers years sooner than current methods.
The blood test, which is still experimental, hunts for certain genetic "signatures" associated with tumors. Researchers found that it can detect five types of...
Many cancer patients have faced delays to their health care during the coronavirus pandemic, but with what consequences?
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston analyzed 15 years of data to determine how long surgery for certain types of cancer ...
If colon cancer runs in your family, screening at age 40 might help catch the disease at an early stage, or even prevent it, specialists say.
But a new investigation suggests that that advice is rarely heeded among those who go on to develop colon cancer before age 5...
Low-dose aspirin may reduce the risk of several types of digestive tract cancers, according to a team of researchers in Europe.
For the new study, the researchers analyzed 113 studies investigating colon/rectal ("bowel"), head and neck, esophageal, stomach, liver, ga...
With screening, colon cancers can effectively be detected and prevented. Though colon cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer death in the United States, one-third of Americans over age 50 are not getting screened.
"Screening saves lives and can prevent colon can...
Obesity increases the risk for colon cancer, but weight-loss surgery may bring the risk back to normal, French researchers report.
People who are obese have a 34% higher risk of colon cancer than the general population, but any type of bariatric (weight-loss) su...
Regular exercise can benefit black cancer survivors' physical and mental health, but most don't get the recommended amount of activity, a new study says.
Cancer survivors should get at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity a week, according to t...
Young men who have sex with other men don't fully grasp their risk for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, due to a lack of information from health care providers, researchers say.
Interviews with men in their early 20s who are gay, bisexual or who identify as stra...
If you need more than two hands to count the number of lovers you've had in your life, new research suggests you might want to worry about your cancer risk.
People who have had 10 or more sexual partners had higher odds of being diagnosed with cancer than those who w...
Gastrointestinal bleeding in patients taking blood thinners for an irregular heartbeat should prompt doctors to check for colon cancer, a new study advises.
Researchers looked at more than 125,000 patients in Denmark with the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation...
Older women with colon or rectal cancer are more likely to die early if they lack support from family, friends or others, a new study finds.
For the study, researchers looked at more than 1,400 postmenopausal women with colon or rectal cancer who were enrolled in the...
The rate of colon cancer among Americans spikes sharply between the ages of 49 and 50, a new study finds -- supporting the case for earlier screening for the disease.
Researchers say the uptick between those two ages does not reflect an actual increase in the occurre...
Advanced-stage colon cancer diagnoses declined after Massachusetts expanded health insurance coverage, a new study finds.
In 2006, state legislators passed a health insurance reform law with the aim of providing health care access to nearly all residents.
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Rising rates of obesity and diabetes could be pushing up rates of pancreatic cancer across the globe, a new report suggests.
Global rates of colon cancer are also on the rise, although fewer cases are now proving deadly, researchers said.
Colon cancer rates...
The United States could be approaching a state of herd immunity against human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus linked to several cancers.
Oral HPV infections declined by 37% among unvaccinated 18- to 59-year-old men between 2009 and 2016, according to a Sept. 10 repor...
Colon cancer rates among young adults are on the rise in the United States, Canada and seven other wealthy nations, even though rates among older adults are down or stable, a new study finds.
The researchers analyzed data for 36 countries and found that over the past...
Taking certain antibiotics -- especially multiple times or for long courses -- may put you at risk for colon cancer, a large new study suggests.
The researchers found that as people's antibiotic use increased, their odds of being diagnosed with colon cancer inched up...
Skipping that grilled T-bone and having chicken instead could reduce a woman's risk of breast cancer, a new study suggests.
The World Health Organization has declared red meat a probable carcinogen, and this new study adds breast cancer to a list of cancers linked to...
The oldest Americans have higher cancer screening rates but lower cancer survival rates than younger seniors, a new report shows.
Those 85 and older -- a group dubbed the oldest old -- are also less likely to have cancer surgery than their counterparts between 65 and...
More than 8.7 million years of life and about $94 billion in earnings were lost to cancer in the United States in 2015, researchers say.
Cancer is the nation's second-leading killer and is expected to cause nearly 607,000 deaths this year. These premature deaths and ...
Millions of tons of nitrate from industrial farming find their way into America's drinking water each year, causing thousands of cases of cancer and other health problems, an environmental advocacy group says.
In a new report, researchers from the Environmental Work...