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View Post: Colon cancer screening more effective earlier in day, study finds ...
3 Nov 2009
A colonoscopy is the only test that allows the identification and removal of polyps from the entire colon. Studies have shown that polyp removal has been associated with a 60- to 90-percent reduction in colorectal cancer, ...
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View Post: Tailoring Colon Cancer Screening
Clinical Correlations
29 Oct 2009 by Clinical Correlations   ...
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View Post: C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition » Archive » Colon Cancer and Alcohol
3 Nov 2009 by Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD  
For years we have known that alcohol consumption is one of the risk factors in developing colon cancer particular in women. This week an interesting article was published by Dr. Christopher Forsyth from Rush University Medical Center ...
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View Post: Cancer screening smackdown continues: Pap smears and colonoscopies ...
6 Nov 2009 by Catherine Guthrie  
"We encourage women at average risk to get mammograms at age 40, to get Pap tests as soon as they are sexually active or no later than age 21, and both men and women at average risk to get screened for colon cancer starting at age 50. ...
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View Post: Colonoscopy Key for People with IBD
2 Nov 2009
One of the most important things to know about IBD is that having it can significantly increase your risk of developing colon cancer. It's a scary thought, and it seems completely unfair that in addition to the pain and suffering that ...
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View Post: ACR Colon Cancer Committee White Paper: Status of CT Colonography 2009
1 Nov 2009 by Elizabeth G. McFarland, Joel G. Fletcher,...  
Journal of the American College of Radiology, Volume 6, Issue 11, Pages 756-772.e4, November 2009, Authors:Elizabeth G. McFarland; Joel G. Fletcher; Perry Pickhardt; Abraham Dachman; Judy Yee; Cynthia H. McCollough; Michael Macari; ...
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View Post: HDAC inhibitors regulate claudin-1 expression in colon cancer ...
5 Nov 2009 by P Dhawan  
HDAC inhibitors regulate claudin-1 expression in colon cancer cells through modulation of mRNA stability. Oncogene advance online publication, November 2, 2009. doi:10.1038/onc.2009.324. Authors: M Krishnan, AB Singh, JJ Smith, ...
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