Colon Cancer

News

2013

• National Screening Benchmarks For Finding Polyps During a Colonoscopy Might be Too Low, Mayo Clinic Says
• Brief Class on Easy-to-Miss Precancerous Polyps Ups Detection, Mayo Study Shows

2012

• Easy, At-Home Exercise Program Can Help Cancer Patients, Mayo Clinic Finds
• Mayo Study: Exercise Can Help Cancer Patients, but Few Oncologists Suggest It
• Four Pills Replace Liters of Laxative for Colonography at Mayo Clinic
• Cancer Control Month: Mayo Clinic Experts Discuss Emotional Coping Strategies for Survivors
• Mayo Clinic Study Identifies Optimal Gene Targets for New Colon Cancer Test
• Mayo Clinic Reports Emerging Fungal Infection in Southwest That Mimics Cancer
• Mayo Clinic: Narrow Band Imaging No Significant Advantage in Colonoscopy
• Virtual Colonoscopies Suitable for People 65 and Older, Mayo Clinic Research Shows
• New Test Offers Greater Accuracy in Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer
• Drug Improves Survival of Colorectal Cancer Patients, Trial Results Show

2011

• Scientists Develop Vaccine That Successfully Attacks Breast Cancer in Mice
• Mayo Clinic Breaks Ground for Proton Beam Facility
• Anti-clotting Drugs Do Not Increase Bleeding Risk in GI Procedure, Mayo Study Finds
• Mayo Clinic: Short Training Course Significantly Improves Detection of Precancerous Polyps
• A Decade Later: Mayo Celebrates Benefits of 'Pill Camera'
• New Mayo Clinic Test Targets Lynch Syndrome, a Risk Factor for Colon Cancer

2010

• Drug That Helps Metastatic Colon Cancer of No Benefit in Less Advanced Tumors
• Men's Health Featured at 8th Mayo Clinic Spirit of Eagles — Conference on Cancer in Native Communities
• Patients With Stage II and Stage III Colon Cancer Treated With 5-FU-Based Adjuvant Therapy After 1995 Have Improved Overall Survival
• Stool DNA Testing Could Play Expanded Role in Colon Cancer Prevention
• Mayo Clinic Researcher Details Next-Era Advances in Use of Scopes for Cancer Detection
• Older Women with Diabetes Face Higher Risk for Colon Cancer
• Virtual Biopsy Probe System is 'Almost Perfect' in Detecting Precancerous Polyps During Colonoscopy, Mayo Researchers Say
• Mayo Researchers Link Obesity to Worse Outcome in Patients Being Treated for Colon Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Oncogene is Important in Pancreatic Cancer Growth and Spread