Posts by: Leonor Mateus Ferreira

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) granted an Innovation Award to researchers working on a blood test to detect colon cancer. The studies being conducted by biochemistry Professor Michael Sussman and ... Read more

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015

FDA Highlights Higher Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Minorities

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published an article highlighting the incidence of colorectal cancer, particularly among minorities. The study entitled “Colorectal Cancer: What You Should Know” was ... Read more

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015

Overweight Girls More Likely to Develop Colorectal Cancer

Overweight children and youngsters may have a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer later in life, according to a study recently published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. The conclusions mainly involved ... Read more

March 13, 2015March 13, 2015

Physicians Join to End Colorectal Cancer Myths

During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month being celebrated this March, specialists for the disease are joining efforts to improve awareness about preventing the disease within the general public. Experts from Northwestern Memorial Hospital recently hosted a ... Read more

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015

Texas A&M Expands Colon Cancer Screening Program

The Texas A&M Health Science Center announced it is expanding its Cancer Screening, Training, Education and Prevention (C-STEP) program to an additional 10 counties in Texas, reaching a total of 17. ... Read more

February 18, 2015February 18, 2015

Fearing Cancer Can Both Encourage or Discourage Screening

Concern about the possibility of developing cancer often times leads to colon cancer screening. However, the same concern also makes people less likely to actually undergo the exam. Those are the conclusions of research conducted ... Read more

October 20, 2014October 20, 2014

Kaiser Permanente Aims to Reduce 50% of Colorectal Cancer Deaths

During the American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Care Symposium, in Boston, health provider Kaiser Permanente Southern California announced its focus in reducing the number of colorectal cancer-related deaths by half, until 2023. In order ... Read more

September 26, 2014September 26, 2014

Colon Cancer Alliance Launches “Screen This Too!” Awareness Campaign in October

The Colon Cancer Alliance is concerned that women are not being as preventive with colon cancer as they are with breast cancer. In response, they are launching a campaign ... Read more

September 25, 2014September 25, 2014

Novel Colorectal Cancer Screening Test Gaining Traction in Health Plans

The molecular diagnostics company Exact Sciences Corporation announced that their non-profit cooperative, health plan Group Health Cooperative, is going to become the first in Wisconsin to provide access to a noninvasive ... Read more

September 18, 2014September 18, 2014

How to Create a Healthy Colon Cancer Preventive Diet

Colon cancer is a malignant tumor afflicting any of the five parts of the colon, which are the ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and the rectum, all parts ... Read more

September 15, 2014September 15, 2014

Genomic Health’s Oncotype DX Colon Cancer Test Proven Cost-Effective by Mayo Clinic Study

Genomic Health, a provider of genomic-based diagnostic tests for treatment of early stage cancer, revealed positive results of a health economic study that demonstrates the direct reduction of medical costs and improvement ... Read more

September 11, 2014September 11, 2014

Task Force Recommends Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer Patients Get Genetic Tumor Tests

Newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients are recommended to partake in genetic testing of their tumors by the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, which recently compiled a new guideline ... Read more