Overcoming barriers to colon cancer screening
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The &#39;gold standard&#39; for colon cancer screening is colonoscopy, which involves insertion of a thin tube into the rectum to examine the colon.
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NEW YORK  - New research challenges the   widely held belief that folate protects against colorectal   cancer by showing that low circulating levels of this B   vitamin, rather than high levels, are actually tied to a   reduced risk of the cancer.
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An apple skin a day could keep colon cancer away, and a common gout drug might also help, two new studies claim. The findings about the drug allopurinol are too preliminary to be applied to patients.
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TORONTO - Doctors consider colonoscopy to be the gold standard method to screen for colorectal cancer, but a new Canadian study suggests it can miss a &quot;concerning&quot; number of cases.
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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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TUESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Even though U.S. Medicare has expanded coverage for colon cancer screening, blacks and Hispanics are not benefiting as much as whites, a new study shows.
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Women with a high genetic risk of breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with magnetic resonance imaging than with mammography or other methods.
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NEW YORK  - A non-invasive test that  detects mutated tumor DNA in feces may be a useful method of  screening for colorectal cancer, according to new research  findings.
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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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Â· Sequencing may help tackle obesity and cancerÂ· Patients could have tests before having children
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Better detection and treatment are helping to reduce death from breast cancer in America, but poor, rural and minority women - especially Native Americans - face barriers that keep them from taking advantage of cancer screenings that could potentially
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The first genetic map of colon and  breast cancer shows that nearly 200 mutated genes -- most of  them previously unknown -- help tumors start, grow and spread,  U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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Cultural and language barriers are two reasons why women in low-income, high-immigrant areas of Toronto have the lowest rate of breast cancer screening, says a study released today.
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Virtual colonoscopies show significant promise as a screening method for colorectal cancer but there are still some problems that need to be resolved,according to new research.
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This small biotech provides screens that can help catch cancer.
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The first genetic map of colon and   breast cancer shows that nearly 200 mutated genes -- most of   them previously unknown -- help tumors start, grow and spread,   U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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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.