A Houston mother was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2021 after brushing off five subtle symptoms. Since then, she’s been raising awareness on TikTok.
Patients with colon cancer who still have cancer cells in their blood after surgery may improve their survival odds with daily use of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory pill celecoxib, new research ...
Recent research indicates that colon cancer patients with circulating tumor DNA post-surgery may improve their survival likelihood with daily celecoxib use. Celecoxib, a COX-2 inhibitor, significantly ...
The methylation of plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has emerged as a valuable diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in various cancers including colorectal cancer (CRC). Currently, there are no biomarkers ...
A data analysis from a randomized clinical trial for stage 3 colon cancer patients found that patients with evidence of residual cancer in their blood after surgery to remove the cancer, may benefit ...
Dr. Christopher Flowers discusses MRD testing in cancer care, why this is an important concept to understand and how it relates to recurrence in patients. As someone who has overcome colorectal cancer ...
Summary of associations between the colorectal tumor T cell response and sex. *A total of 99 patients (45 female; 54 male) with missing TILs/hpf data were excluded from the regression analysis. This ...
About 61% of patients with stage I or II dMMR colon cancer achieved a pathologic complete response after a single cycle of neoadjuvant pembrolizumab, new data revealed.