Colon Cancer News and Research

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Research opens treatment pathways for cancers that do not respond to targeted antibodies

By hijacking a cancer cell's own metabolism, researchers have found a way to tag and target elusive cancers with small-molecule sugars. This opens treatment pathways for cancers that are not responsive to conventional targeted antibodies, such as triple-negative breast cancer.

15 Feb 2017

Study discovers how gut bacteria interacts with microRNAs to promote colon cancer growth

Gut microbes can influence the growth of colon cancer, though little is known about how they trigger the disease.

14 Feb 2017

Scientists identify new biomarkers that could guide bowel cancer treatment

Colorectal carcinomas arise in different forms, so all treatments do not work for all patients. OncoTrack, a public-private consortium supported by the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking, has conducted one of Europe's largest collaborative academic-industry research projects to develop and assess novel approaches for identification of new markers for colon cancer.

13 Feb 2017

Professor aims to develop shortcuts for targeted and effective cancer therapy

The aim is to identify precisely the one drug, or the correct combination of drugs, that are most effective against the specific tumor present in each patient. Professor hopes that new tools will come into use in the next five years.

13 Feb 2017

UCI researchers create unique VMT platform with potential for anti-cancer drug screening

Led by UCI professor of molecular biology & biochemistry Christopher C.W. Hughes, the research team successfully established multiple vascularized micro-organs on an industry-standard 96-well plate.

8 Feb 2017

Smokers more likely to die from colon cancer than non-smokers, study shows

In an analysis of more than 18,000 patients treated for colon cancer, current smokers were 14 percent more likely to die from their colon cancer within five years than patients who had never smoked.

8 Feb 2017

New research shows that nuts can inhibit growth of cancer cells

Roasted and salted, ground as a baking ingredient or fresh from the shell - for all those who enjoy eating nuts, there is good news from nutritionists at Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

6 Feb 2017

New discovery could lead to development of new cancer treatments

Macrophages are a type of white blood cell that can engulf and destroy cancer cells. A research group led by Professor MATOZAKI Takashi, Associate Professor MURATA Yoji, and YANAGITA Tadahiko, discovered that by using an antibody for a particular protein found on macrophages, the macrophage is activated, and cancer cells are effectively eliminated.

6 Feb 2017

Research provides new insights into epigenetic heterogeneity of Ewing sarcoma

Tumors of the elderly, such as breast cancer and colon cancer, accumulate thousands of DNA mutations.

31 Jan 2017

ALCMI and Scancell collaborate to advance cancer vaccine clinical trials in NSCLC patients

The Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute, the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and Scancell Holdings PLC today announce a collaboration to evaluate the use of Scancell's second innovative cancer vaccine, SCIB2, from its ImmunoBody platform to treat non-small cell lung cancer.

30 Jan 2017

Young and middle-aged adults may be over-treated for colon cancer, study suggests

Young and middle-aged patients with colon cancer are nearly two to eight times more likely to receive postoperative chemotherapy than older patients, yet there seems to be no added survival benefits for these patients, according to a study published today in JAMA Surgery by researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

28 Jan 2017

Virginia Tech researchers find new strategy to prevent inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer

Could inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer be prevented by changing the shape of a single protein?There is an intimate link between uncontrolled inflammation in the gut associated with inflammatory bowel disease and the eventual development of colon cancer.

27 Jan 2017

New drugs that target neighbour proteins may help halt cancer progression

Cancer is caused by an accumulation of genetic changes in a cell, that overcome the normal checks and balances leading to uncontrolled growth. A complex, interacting network of proteins controls all of a cell's processes, from metabolism to growth and division.

24 Jan 2017

Epigenetic changes drive successful metastases of pancreatic cancer cells

A multicenter team of researchers reports that a full genomic analysis of tumor samples from a small number of people who died of pancreatic cancer suggests that chemical changes to DNA that do not affect the DNA sequence itself yet control how it operates confer survival advantages on subsets of pancreatic cancer cells.

17 Jan 2017