Colon Cancer News

Two north central West Virginia hospitals have launched a joint fundraiser to benefit patient care and cancer research.

A bowel cancer screening programme, due to begin in December, has been delayed, because money to pay for it has gone towards paying for swine flu instead.

" A patient's socioeconomic status has absolutely no impact on his outcome following curative radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Eva Houseman, 49, was the first of her siblings to find out that she had the gene that predicts an 85 percent chance of getting breast cancer.

Ginger has been used as a natural remedy for many ailments for centuries. Now, science is catching up and researchers around the world are finding that ginger works wonders in the treatment of everything from cancer to migraines.

The effectiveness of a screening colonoscopy may depend on the time of day it is performed.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Oncology Physician Resource announced today the launch of an innovative oncology treatment initiative aimed at enhancing the quality of care for patients with certain types of cancer.

ANDERSON, Ind. - At 52, Mike O'Bryant thought he had plenty of time left to watch his daughter get married, meet his future grandchildren and continue to build friendships at the neighborhood bar.

These new findings with stomach cancer cells are only the latest to suggest that this hotly studied spice may possess anti-cancer potential.

When Tania Gardner-Culbertson thinks about her past 20 years - and compares them to the troubling time living in France toward the end of World War II - her lip quivers and she fights back tears.

Arthur Cohen was a healthy, active 85-year-old when his Toronto doctor recommended a colonoscopy to check for early signs of colorectal cancer.

A severely mentally ill man who spent more than 15 years in seclusion at a Virginia psychiatric hospital has died, weeks after his family won a battle to have him moved closer to them.

I've noticed that having a discussion about colon cancer screenings with patients older than 50 often makes them feel uncomfortable.

Three studies presented this week at the American College of Gastroenterology's 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego underscore the growing disparities in gastrointestinal disease, particularly colon cancer and Barrett's Esophagus, among certain ethnic and gender populations, including African Americans, Latinos and women.

ABOUT 500 Wrexham Maelor patients are facing agonising delays for vital test results.

Two years ago, Kelly Carpenter spent her 29th birthday in the hospital receiving her sixth round of chemotherapy to treat stage three colon cancer.

Andy Obermeyer has a cabinet full of expensive medicine at his home in West Chester Twp.

A startling new analysis concludes that routine screenings for breast and prostate cancer miss the most deadly forms of the disease - and may expose healthy patients to risky, expensive and needless treatments.

As Washington policymakers debated health care reform on weekend talk shows, 48 people who are out of work or without health insurance received free colonoscopy screenings at Gastrointestinal Associates here.

A patient at Weston General Hospital has shaved her head to raise money for the cancer unit.