Tag: Cancer: Colon
FIT Screening Cuts Risk of Death From Colorectal Cancer
Association between fecal immunochemical tests and lower CRC mortality risk seen across races
PIK3CA Could Guide Use of COX-2 Inhibitors in Treatment for Colon Cancer
Patients with stage III resected colon cancer with PIK3CA gain-of-function mutations treated with celecoxib had improved DFS, OS
Lowering FIT Positivity Thresholds Improves Sensitivity, Specificity
Lowering FIT positivity threshold yields levels of sensitivity, specificity comparable to those reported for multitarget stool RNA testing
Neoadjuvant Nivolumab, Ipilimumab Safe for dMMR Colon Cancer
113 of 115 enrolled patients underwent timely surgery; two had surgery delayed by more than two weeks
Offering Choice of CRC Screening Increases Completion Rates
Rate of CRC screening improved within six months for those offered FIT only or a choice of coloscopy or FIT
DDW: 1999 to 2020 Saw Rise in Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in People Under...
Increases of 333 percent in teens aged 15 to 19 years, 185 percent in those aged 20 to 24 years, 45 percent in those aged 40 to 44 years
Risk for Colorectal Cancer Is Low for Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
Patients with diverticulitis as the only indication for colonoscopy were less likely to have colorectal cancer
Aspirin May Enhance Immunosurveillance Against Colorectal Cancer
Aspirin users have nodal metastases significantly less often, higher infiltration of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes
Decline Seen in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colon, Rectal Cancer in 2020
Patients undergoing surgery in 2020 versus 2019 had more advanced clinical and pathological tumor stage
Surveillance Colonoscopy Rarely IDs Cancer in Older Adults
Yields higher among patients with a prior advanced adenoma but do not vary significantly with age
