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Standard care less help in younger rectal cancer patients

A study published in the journal Cancer this week found that chemotherapy and radiation don’t improve chances of survival in patients younger than 50 when combined with surgery. University of Florida ... read more

Only half of advanced rectal cancer patients receiving standard therapy

less-favored treatments, like chemoradiation after surgery or surgery alone, declined. But while the use of standard therapy has increased, the report points out that only about half of patients with ... read more

Is 'precision medicine' the answer to cancer? Not precisely

Testing for genetic mutations has become the standard of care ... to be less successful in patients like DiCanto, who have exhausted all standard treatments. In a large study published last year in Ca... read more

Patient Groups and Doctors Tell Congress to Pass Medicare Virtual Colonoscopy Coverage

Coverage for Seniors Would Help ... patients who either cannot or will not have a colonoscopy. For these patients, CT colonography provides a less invasive alternative. The Colorectal Cancer ... read more

Black Patients Miss Out on Promising Cancer Drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it in 2015 after patients in a clinical trial gained an average of six months without their cancer spreading ... mandated under the Affordable Care Act, ... read more

Quality-of-life care may help cancer patients live longer, feel better

I wanted to be able to call 911 and have someone help me." With two sons younger than 5 when she was diagnosed ... of Medicine compared late-stage lung cancer patients who received standard oncology c... read more

Colon cancer hitting young people more, prompts need for earlier exams

Diagnoses of colorectal cancer, the second-leading cause of U.S. cancer deaths, for younger patients ... help treat colorectal cancer for “better longer-term outcomes,” and while there are other ways ... read more

Half of elderly colorectal cancer patients receiving value-less treatment

Bradley, PhD, and colleagues show high cost, high side effects and little gain for chemotherapy in elderly patients with advanced stage colorectal cancer ... care in 2009, compared with $11,000 in 200... read more

Why Are African-Americans at Greater Risk for Colorectal Cancer?

However, colon cancer doesn't affect all people equally. In fact, the incidence and prognosis for CRC in African-Americans is much less favorable than ... Americans who are in their 40s can help preve... read more

Why is it so hard for patients with metastatic cancer to participate in clinical trials?

“Why don’t more cancer patients ... provide comprehensive help to each patient. Patients with metastatic disease must often conduct their own research and do so between chemo appointments, prescriptio... read more

'We are the invisible cancer generation': Young people with cancer face extra hurdles

Moreover, hospital settings were not designed for cancer patients in their 20s who ... a social worker and others trained to help her deal with the social, financial, physical and emotional aspects of ... read more

Fecal Occult Stool Tests for Colorectal Cancer Screening

"The colonoscopy is still the gold standard ... The Affordable Care Act and Medicare cover screening for colorectal cancer. Check with your insurer about which tests are covered and what your out-of-p... read more