Colorectal Cancer

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City of Hope to present latest data on cellular therapy, potential new medicines and natural products at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023
Innovative research on novel therapies for colorectal and prostate cancer, potential use of aronia berry extract and solutions to cancer health disparities to be discussed at leading cancer research conference...
Turning six months into six years — and beyond
Ida Yaghoobians was 51 years old and unconcerned about the blood she had been seeing in her stool for about a year — she had some hemorrhoids, so she chalked...
Honoring our doctors as one City of Hope
City of Hope is home to many of the nation’s leading cancer doctors, all of whom work tirelessly to meet the complex physical and emotional needs of every patient who...
Colorectal cancer screening: The test that can save your life
Frank Salinas Frank Salinas remembers his first colonoscopy to check for colon cancer. “It was 20 years ago,” he said. He was in his mid-40s, healthy, active and fit (he does...
Novel radiation therapy zeros in on tough-to-treat cancers
City of Hope scientists have developed a remarkable new antibody with the unremarkable name M5A. It can precisely target the antigen CEA, a marker expressed by many types of...
Why a dedicated English teacher became a surgeon
As a young woman, Yasmin Zerhouni, M.D., had no intention of becoming a doctor.  Both of her parents were physicians who loved their work, but her passion was for...
Pastor learns firsthand that miracles do happen
Craig Cunningham believes in miracles. And not just because of his profession. “Pastor Craig” (everybody calls him that) leads the Shadow Rock Church in La Quinta, California. He believes in...
A New Cancer Treatment Discovery Brings Hope for a Subgroup of Patients Facing Metastatic Colon and Rectal Cancer
A Foundational Step in Advanced Colorectal Cancer Treatment                                Marwan G. Fakih, M.D. Marwan Fakih, M.D., a physician-scientist at City of Hope, identified a novel combination immunotherapy regimen that demonstrated significant response in a...
City of Hope Researcher Identifies Effective Combination Immunotherapy for Subgroup of Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
CONTACTZen Logsdon626-409-9367zlogsdon@coh.orgThe new data is a foundational step to debunking the perception that immunotherapy is not effective in treating advanced colorectal cancer patients with a biomarker...
Colorblindness and colon cancer: A cautionary tale
Gary Heyer’s story is not a tale for the dinner table — but sharing it could help save other lives, so he retells it as politely as possible. “If I’d...