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More Americans Tested for Colon Cancer
March 23, 2006 -- More people in the U.S. aged 50 and older are getting tested for colorectal cancer, but those tests are still too rare, the CDC says. Data came from national surveys done by telephone in 2002 and 2004. The surveys included 111,000 adults aged 50 and older in 2002 and more than 146,
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Gum May Aid Colon Surgery Recovery
Feb. 21, 2006 -- Chewing gum may shorten hospital stays after colon surgery, new research shows. The findings, published in the Archives of Surgery, come from Rob Schuster, MD, and colleagues. The doctors work in the surgery department of California's Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. The study includ
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Chicken May Cut Colon Cancer Risk
Dec. 27, 2005 -- Eating a lot of chicken may lower your risk of colon cancer, a new study shows. Maybe it is the selenium and calcium in chicken. Maybe chicken eaters consume less-processed meat -- a risk factor for colon cancer. The reason isn't clear. Whatever the reason, people who ate a lot of c
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Fiber Not Protective for Colon Cancer
Dec. 13, 2005 -- There are plenty of good reasons to eat a fiber-rich diet, but lowering colorectal cancer risk may not be among them. A newly published pooled analysis of 13 studies involving more than 725,000 people found little evidence of a protective benefit for dietary fiber against colon canc
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Women, Elders: Less Colon Cancer Chemo
Dec. 6, 2005 -- Cancer experts report an increase in the numbers of patients with advanced colon cancer who get chemotherapy after cancer surgery. But chemo use still lags among women and elderly patients, who are as likely to benefit from postsurgery chemo as other patients. The finding comes from
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High-Dose Aspirin Prevents Colon Cancer
Aug. 23, 2005 -- Aspirin and ibuprofen can prevent colon cancer. But don't try this at home. The common painkillers, a new study shows, only cut cancer risk when taken at high doses for more than 10 years. At those doses, the risk from taking the drugs outweighs the cancer-prevention benefit. Andrew
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What to Do After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Approximately one out of every two American men and one out of every three American women will have some type of cancer at some point during their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. This year almost 1.4 million Americans will hear the words "You've got cancer," and in that instant t
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Embracing Life After Colon Cancer
Eight days after my 16th birthday, I was diagnosed with colon cancer. I knew something was wrong in the summer of 1987 when I found blood in my underwear. My mother later discovered it when she was doing laundry. She drove to my school and took me straight to the doctor. The doctor sent us to the ho
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Minorities Face Different Colon Cancer Risks
June 27, 2005 -- Blacks and other minorities in the U.S. face greater colorectal cancer risks than whites, according to a new study. The results show that minorities are up to 60% more likely to have colorectal cancer diagnosed at an advanced stage -- and up to 30% more likely to die from the diseas
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Red Meat-Colon Cancer Link Grows
June 14, 2005 -- Eating too much red meat or not enough fish may increase your risk of developing colon cancer.colon cancer. Researchers say the results confirm previous studiesprevious studies that have shown that eating large amounts of red or processed meat raises the risk of colon cancer while e
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