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NCCN: Cancer Drug Shortages Remain a Challenge for Clinicians

FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 – Almost 90 percent of medical centers report cancer drug shortages, which often impact clinical trials, according to the results of a National Comprehensive Cancer Network...

PIK3CA Could Guide Use of COX-2 Inhibitors in Treatment for Colon Cancer

THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 – PIK3CA mutational status may be beneficial for predicting response to addition of the cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) inhibitor celecoxib to standard adjuvant chemotherapy in...

Bristol Myers Squibb Announces U.S. FDA Accelerated Approval of Krazati (adagrasib) in Combination with Cetuximab for Adult Patients with Previously Treated KRAS G12C-Mutated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (CRC)

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) June 21, 2024 – Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for Krazati® ...

Neoadjuvant Nivolumab, Ipilimumab Safe for dMMR Colon Cancer

WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus ipilimumab has an acceptable safety profile in patients with locally advanced mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) colon cancer, according to a study...

Lowering FIT Positivity Thresholds Improves Sensitivity, Specificity

WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – Lowering the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) positive threshold yields levels of sensitivity and specificity that are comparable to those reported for multitarget stool RNA...

Gene-Targeted Immunotherapy Boosts Survival for Some Colon Cancer Patients

MONDAY, June 3, 2024 – There's potential good news for a sizable minority of people battling advanced colon cancer. Doctors in Britain say that an immunotherapy drug, given before surgery, can help...

Digestive Disease Week, May 18-21

Digestive Disease Week, the annual meeting sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal...

Diagnosis of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Often Delayed

WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 – Nearly half of individuals diagnosed with early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) present with hematochezia and abdominal pain, and one-quarter present with altered bowel...

Combo Therapy Boosts Survival for Advanced Colon Cancer

WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 – People battling advanced colon cancers might have a new treatment option that could extend their survival, a new trial finds. A combination of two experimental...

FDA Panel Gives Nod to Blood Test for Colon Cancer

FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of a new blood test that can spot colon cancer. The panel voted 7-2 that the benefits...

Colon Cancers Are Rising Among the Young: Know the Warning Signs

FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – Colon cancer is increasingly hitting Americans under the age of 50, and a new study outlines the warning signs that these young patients first encounter. The analysis was...

Offering Choice of CRC Screening Increases Completion Rates

TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – For adults who are not up to date with colorectal cancer screening, offering a choice of colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) increases screening completion...

To Boost Colon Cancer Screening, Give Patients Choices

TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – Giving patients a choice between screening methods could help doctors detect colon cancer earlier, a new study shows. More than double the number of patients underwent colon...

Most Cancer Treatments Near End of Life Are Useless: Study

FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 – Cutting-edge cancer treatments are essentially useless for patients barely clinging to life, a new study shows. Chemotherapies, immunotherapies, targeted therapies and hormone...

DDW: 1999 to 2020 Saw Rise in Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in People Under 45

MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – For individuals aged younger than 45 years, the incidence of colorectal cancer increased considerably from 1999 to 2020, with a 333 percent increase among those aged 15 to 19...

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