Colon Cancer

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38-year-old colon cancer survivor wants more young people to get screened
What started as lower abdominal pains in January 2021 that would strike suddenly, like labor pains, eventually escalated to unintended weight loss, loss of appetite, blood in the stool and...
City of Hope the right fit for patient's complex colon cancer case
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The disease remains the fourth most common type of cancer and the second deadliest. In 2022, more than 150,000 people across the United...
La cirugía robótica revoluciona el tratamiento del cáncer de colon
"Cuando un paciente oye la temida palabra que comienza con “c”, esta suele desencadenar una ansiedad aguda, y cuando se trata de cáncer de colon, los temores que se expresan espontáneamente...
Robotic surgery revolutionizing colon cancer treatment
“When a patient hears the “c” word, it usually triggers acute anxiety — and when it’s colon cancer , the fears they spontaneously express are: Am I going to die? Will...
Promising phase 1 clinical trial results: Use of sotorasib (AMG 510) in patients with solid tumors
CONTACT Zen Vuong 626-409-9367 zvuong@coh.org   Participants with advance non-small cell lung cancer and colorectal cancer experienced the greatest benefits in this first-in-human study.   DUARTE, Calif. — A phase...
Research finds botanical treatment effective for colon cancer
The remarkable results of a new City of Hope study show that the natural botanical Andrographis paniculata, when given in conjunction with chemotherapy, may be a major breakthrough in...
City of Hope has developed a cancer-killing virus that activates immune system, helps eliminate colon cancer
CONTACT Zen Vuong 626-409-9367 zvuong@coh.org   The preclinical research demonstrates that combining the oncolytic virus CF33 with an immune checkpoint inhibitor results in lasting resistance to certain tumors.   DUARTE...
Black people more likely than others to die from colorectal cancer spreading to the liver
CONTACT Zen Vuong 626-409-9367 zvuong@coh.org   Social reform to eliminate health disparities is necessary so that Black people, the most vulnerable group for advanced colorectal cancer, get the care they...
Factors driving the rise of colon cancer in the young
Many were stunned to learn of the recent death from colon cancer of Chadwick Boseman, star of the 2018 film “Black Panther.” Boseman was just 43, and many think of colon...
Study finds botanical effective for chemo-resistant colon cancer
The remarkable results of a new City of Hope study show that the natural botanical Andrographis paniculata, when given in conjunction with chemotherapy, may be a major breakthrough in...