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Every year, about one million new cases of colon cancer are diagnosed worldwide. About 150,000 new cases are detected each year in the United States. Over a lifetime, about 1 in 19 people develop colon cancer and nearly 50,000 people are expected to die from it in the U.S. this year. According to the American Cancer Society, colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S., accounting for about 10 percent of all cancer deaths.

New biomarkers can predict patients' response to certain drugs

19. November 2009 04:02
Recent advances in cancer therapeutics have led to the discovery of biomarkers that can predict patient response to certain drugs. Screening for mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGRF) prior to non-small cell lung cancer treatment, for example, has been shown to indentify patients who are likely to respond to treatment with erlontinib. This maximizes the drug's impact, and spares patients who are not likely to benefit from being subjected to potentially debilitating side effects. [More]

Data on Synta Pharmaceuticals' STA-9090 synthetic inhibitor of Hsp90 presented

18. November 2009 08:40
Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing small molecule drugs to treat severe medical conditions, today announced that preclinical data presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics shows that STA-9090, a novel, synthetic inhibitor of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), demonstrated strong activity in multiple tumor models. [More]

Targeting normal cells that surround cancer cells increases the effectiveness of traditional anti-cancer treatments

17. November 2009 01:58
Targeting the normal cells that surround cancer cells within and around a tumor is a strategy that could greatly increase the effectiveness of traditional anti-cancer treatments, say researchers at The Wistar Institute. [More]

HealthPartners' health plans ranked top in Minnesota

16. November 2009 06:13
HealthPartners is among the top 25 best private health plans in the nation and the top ranked plan in Minnesota according to U.S. News & World Report/NCQA “America's Best Health Insurance Plans 2009-10.” The report measures how well health plans perform on 50 measures of health care and member satisfaction. Two hundred thirty nine health plans from across the nation are included in the report. The top 50 health plans, including HealthPartners, are listed in the Nov. 16, 2009 print edition of U.S. News & World Report. [More]

Researchers find a new way to tackle colon cancer

13. November 2009 05:07
One difficulty with fighting cancer cells is that they are similar in many respects to the body's stem cells. By focusing on the differences, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have found a new way of tackling colon cancer. The study is presented in the prestigious journal Cell. [More]

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Study: Coffee might be effective to fight against colon cancer

13. November 2009 03:57
A compound in coffee has been found to be estrogenic in studies by Texas AgriLife Research scientists. [More]

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New market research report on colon cancer drugs

13. November 2009 02:17
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Cancer Colorectal Cancer or Colon Cancer [More]

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Research projects in the areas of mathematics and biochemistry score top marks

9. November 2009 01:14
Research projects in the areas of mathematics and biochemistry scored top marks this evening, as Tim Kunisky of Livingston, NJ and the team of Benjamin Song and Quan (Jack) Chen of Audubon, PA received the highest honors at the Region Five Finals of the 2009 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, the nation's premier high school science competition. [More]

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Nano-size capsule that boosts the body's uptake of curcumin being developed

5. November 2009 00:03
Scientists are reporting development of a nano-size capsule that boosts the body's uptake of curcumin, an ingredient in yellow curry now being evaluated in clinical trials for treatment of several diseases. Their study is in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication. [More]

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superDimension's electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy device receives AMA Category I CPT code

4. November 2009 01:58
superDimension, Inc.®, a private company that develops minimally invasive interventional pulmonology devices, announced today that The American Medical Association (AMA) has issued a new Category I CPT® code for the use of the Company's electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy (ENB) device to navigate to lesions or spots deep in the lungs. [More]

Early-morning colonoscopies yield more polyps per patient than later screenings

4. November 2009 01:02
The effectiveness of a screening colonoscopy may depend on the time of day it is performed. According to a new UCLA study, early-morning colonoscopies yielded more polyps per patient than later screenings, and fewer polyps were found hour by hour as the day progressed. [More]

$3.9 million Challenge grant for Thomas Jefferson researchers

3. November 2009 23:42
Four researchers from Thomas Jefferson University have received $3.9 million in Challenge grant funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. [More]

superDimension launches the iLogic electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy tool

2. November 2009 23:38
superDimension, Inc.®, a private company that develops minimally invasive interventional pulmonology devices, announced today the launch of the iLogic System for early lung cancer detection and diagnosis. The device is the second generation version of inReach(TM), superDimension's electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) minimally invasive tool. [More]

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, OPR launch an innovative oncology treatment initiative

2. November 2009 11:18
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Oncology Physician Resource announced today the launch of an innovative oncology treatment initiative aimed at enhancing the quality of care for patients with certain types of cancer. [More]

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New diagnostic test for detecting colorectal cancer

31. October 2009 01:52
GastroFISH™ is the first tissue-based fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) test for the detection of chromosomal anomalies associated with colon cancer. [More]

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