Vegetarian diet makes Indians more prone to colon cancer supriya kashyap kashyap31 March 2016 11:53 AM ISTNew York : A vegetarian diet has led to a gene mutation that may make Indians more susceptible to inflammation, and by association, increased risk of...
US experts urge aspirin against heart disease and colon cancer supriya kashyap kashyap14 April 2016 1:42 PM ISTWashington : A panel of US experts on Monday recommended taking a daily aspirin as a strategy for preventing heart disease and colorectal cancer in...
Low dose Aspirin use leads to 20 per cent increase in cancer survival supriya kashyap kashyap25 April 2016 11:54 AM ISTLondon : Taking a low-dose of aspirin may increase the chances of survival of cancer treatment patients by up to 20 per cent and help stop the disease...
Study betters understanding of Colon Cancer and Colitis supriya kashyap kashyap18 May 2016 1:57 PM ISTInflammatory bowel disease (IBD), of which Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are the main types, is on the increase in the United States,...
Discovery of a novel gene for hereditary colon cancer supriya kashyap kashyap30 July 2016 2:04 PM ISTThe formation of large numbers of polyps in the colon has a high probability of developing into colon cancer, if left untreated. The large-scale...
Personalised nanodiscs may kill cancer cells: loaded with tumour neoantigens supriya kashyap kashyap30 Dec 2016 9:00 AM ISTWashington : Scientists have developed nanodiscs that deliver a customised therapeutic and kill colon and melanoma cancer tumours in mice within 10...
Overuse of chemotherapy among younger patients with colon cancer: JAMA Surgery supriya kashyap kashyap30 Jan 2017 12:01 PM ISTYoung and middle-aged patients with colon cancer are nearly two to eight times more likely to receive postoperative chemotherapy than older patients,...
Protein can cut progression of both inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer: Study supriya kashyap kashyap30 Jan 2017 2:42 PM ISTWashington : A new study finds that altering the shape of a protein can significantly reduce the progression of inflammatory bowel disease and colon...
Colectomy - Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap15 Feb 2017 4:00 PM ISTSir William Arbuthnot was one of the early proponents of the usefulness of total colectomies. Colectomy is commonly performed for the treatment of...
Cancer cells shown to co-opt DNA repair crew supriya kashyap kashyap9 May 2017 2:24 PM ISTIn experiments with human colon cancer cells and mice, a team led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have evidence that...
Link between high-cholesterol diet and colon cancer: UCLA Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Jan 2018 7:13 PM ISTNew UCLA research could help explain the link between a high-cholesterol diet and an elevated risk for colon cancer.In a study of mice, scientists...
Tree Nuts increase disease free survival in Colon Cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 March 2018 7:25 PM ISTDr.Charles S. Fuchs and other researchers at Yale Cancer Center conducted a large cohort study which revealed that disease-free survival increases in...
