Patients With CRC Often Delay Seeking Medical Care After Symptom Onset
Researchers in Turkey explored why patients with CRC tended to delay seeking medical care after initial symptom onset.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Use of Life Expectancy as a Criterion to Discontinue Cancer Screenings
A survey study sought to examine physician attitudes about using a life expectancy of less than 10 years as a criterion for discontinuing cancer screening.
Trial Raises Questions About Effectiveness of Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Screening colonoscopy may provide a small reduction in the risk of colorectal cancer and no reduction in the risk of death, a study suggests.
Data Reveal Growing Burden of Metastatic Cancers in the US
The prevalence of metastatic cancers in the US has risen in recent years and will increase further by 2025, according to researchers.
A Banana a Day May Keep Upper GI Cancers Away
For patients with Lynch disease, taking a daily supplement containing resistant starch reduced upper gastrointestinal cancers by more than half.
Risk of Cancer-Specific Death May Remain Elevated for 30 Years
Patients with certain cancers have an increased risk of cancer-specific mortality that persists for 30 to 35 years after diagnosis.
USPSTF No Longer Recommends Aspirin Prophylaxis for Colorectal Cancer, CVD
The new guidelines say there is insufficient evidence to support using aspirin to reduce colorectal cancer incidence or mortality.
Patients’, Caregivers’ Perception of Care Better With Palliative Care Pathway
An interviews conducted with patients and caregivers demonstrated the effects of an early palliative care pathway for advanced colorectal cancer.
1 in 5 Cancer Patients on Phase 3 Trials Use Complementary Medicine
The most common complementary medicines were herbal/natural products, dietary supplements, fish oils, glucosamine, and homeopathic medicines.
Heart Failure Tied to Increased Risk of Cancers, Cancer-Related Mortality
The excess risk of cancer appeared to be associated with the severity of heart failure.
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