Colon cancers missed more often in office setting
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The rate of new or missed  colorectal cancers in patients undergoing colonoscopy is  influenced by where the screening procedure takes place and by  who performs the exam, Canadian researchers report. Cancers are  more likely to be missed when the colonoscopy is performed in  an office setting, instead of a hospital, and by an internist  or family physician, instead of a gastroenterologist or  surgeon.
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Patients showing signs of heart disease are at nearly double the risk of also having colon cancer, perhaps because unhealthy habits and inflammation are at the root of both, researchers said on Tuesday.
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MONDAY, Jan. 10 (HealthDayNews) -- Less than half of the Medicare patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer had any screening in the six months before being diagnosed, troubling new research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Cigarette smoking appears to promote the development of polyps in the colon, especially those that are more likely to progress to cancer, a research review suggests.
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Researchers singled out the deaths of more than 300,000 cancer patients, because deaths from cancer are usually more predictable and less sudden than those from heart attacks, strokes or other ailments.
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Researchers have developed a  checklist of measures they say could improve the quality of  care for people undergoing colon cancer surgery.
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A married couple who sailed to America from England around 1630 are the reason why thousands of people in the United States are at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer, researchers said on Wednesday.
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A bowel cancer screening programme is being introduced in a bid to reduce deaths.
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NEW YORK  - One type of screening for  colorectal cancer -- sigmoidoscopy -- need not be repeated more  often than every five years, as is currently recommended.  According to a new study, the likelihood of colorectal cancer  occurring remains low for at least five years after a negative  sigmoidoscopy result.
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NEW YORK  - Screening for cancer quite  often produces a false-positive result, and this can lead to  costly -- and ultimately unnecessary -- follow-up testing,  according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - Walking to work, bicycling to  school and other physical activity performed during your daily  commute may reduce the risk of colon cancer, according to  findings from a Chinese study.
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Add colon cancer prevention to the possible list of reasons that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Studies in lab rats show that certain antioxidants found in apples sharply reduce pre-cancerous
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A number of genetic mutations could collectively raise bowel cancer risk, researchers find.
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There is an alarming ignorance about cancer and how to reduce the risk of  the disease, a survey suggests.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Eating a lot of red meat and processed meats such as salami and pastrami over a long period of time can increase your risk of colon cancer, researchers report.
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Doctors who too quickly examine a colon  for early signs of cancer miss more than half the  abnormalities, a study of 2,053 patients undergoing their first  colonoscopy showed on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Many Americans are still  failing to get two of the most effective tests for catching  colon cancer early, according to researchers with the American  Cancer Society.