GP intervention in bowel cancer screening is crucial, says expert
GPs are set to have a big impact on the nation’s bowel cancer screening rates as the latest Cancer Council campaign in partnership with the…
Tag: Bowel cancer
Fats linked to men’s bladder cancer risk
Data anaylsis shows the disease is higher in men who eat monounsaturated fatty acids and plant-based oils, but lower in women.
GP rapped for missing colorectal cancer red flags
The doctor failed to act on her dropping haemoglobin levels and to follow-up her stool test, according to the NZ health regulator.
Antibiotics link to colorectal cancer: study
'Less diversity of bacterial species' from antibiotic use could be behind the increased risk.
Prepare to be flooded by delayed colorectal cancer diagnoses, surgeons warn
Stage I cancer is being surpassed by stage II and III in COVID-19 aftermath, shows study.
Study suggests reason for red meat’s colorectal cancer risk
US researchers have identified for the first time an alkylating mutational signature in colon cells that can be linked to high meat consumption.
IBD-associated colorectal cancer ‘differs from sporadic CRC’
Among 31 IBD patients studied, no tumours were of the epithelial type, researchers report.
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Neoadjuvant chemo ‘safe for locally advanced colon cancer’
More than half of patients demonstrate a histological response, investigators say.
How do Australasian surgeons manage lateral pelvic lymph node malignancy?
A survey provides a snapshot of Western attitudes to the Japanese standard practice of dissection in rectal cancer.
Radiotherapy for rectal cancer linked to risk for gynaecological malignancy
Large study of US data shows increased risk of later uterine and ovarian cancers.
