An unexpected entry in a traditional medicine book from the Republic of Guinea has led a University of South Carolina cancer researcher to study whether medicinal properties in the bark of mahogany trees may hold clues to understanding colo...[Read More]

In July, standing before a press conference in Washington, Vice President for Education for the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) Jeffrey R. Prince said that researchers were shifting focus from the effects of high-fiber diets o...[Read More]

When colon cancer is suspected, either a lower GI series (barium enema x-ray) or colonoscopy is performed to confirm the diagnosis and to localize the tumor. A barium enema involves taking x-rays of the colon and the rectum after the patien...[Read More]

Symptoms of colon cancer are numerous and nonspecific. They include fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, change in bowel habits, narrow stools, diarrhea or constipation, red or dark blood in stool, weight loss, abdominal pain, cramps, or...[Read More]

Doctors are certain that colorectal cancer is not contagious (a person cannot catch the disease from a cancer patient). Some people are more likely to develop colorectal cancer than others. Factors that increase a person's risk of colorecta...[Read More]

The colon is the part of the digestive system where the waste material is stored. The rectum is the end of the colon adjacent to the anus. Together, they form a long, muscular tube called the large intestine (also known as the large bowel)....[Read More]

Moved tumor after surgery, but found that residual cancer cells spread to surrounding lymph nodes, which is colon cancer patients who are most worried about happened. Medical researchers are experimenting with the use of a new, comprehensiv...[Read More]

1. Active treatment of precancerous lesions, to reduce high-fat, deep fried, mildew and other food intake, eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, containing high fiber and vitamins of food. There will be blood, mucous, and shape of changes in b...[Read More]

Medical report shows that: the proportion of young people suffering from colorectal cancer is increasing, accounting for 10-20% of colorectal cancer patient. The formation of the early colorectal cancer, small and limited lesions, the patie...[Read More]

Long-term constipation can lead to colorectal cancer. Because the causes of chronic constipation is one of the partial eclipse or vegetable to eat too little, so that food, too little fiber. The colorectal cancer in a high animal protein, h...[Read More]