Posts by: Patricia Inacio, PhD

Certain patients who underwent surgery for lymph-node positive colon cancer (stage 3) may require only three months of chemotherapy after surgery instead of the standard six months, according to an analysis ... Read more

May 2, 2017May 2, 2017

New MIT Mouse Model Using CRISPR Technology Could Speed Up Colon Cancer Research

MIT researchers using the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing and organoid technology have developed a new mouse model with a cancer that closely resembles colon cancer in humans. This new model may help scientists ... Read more

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015

Restoring Single Gene Expression Sufficient to Block Colorectal Cancer Progression

In a new study entitled “Apc Restoration Promotes Cellular Differentiation and Reestablishes Crypt Homeostasis in Colorectal Cancer” a team of researchers showed that restoring the activity of a key gene, ... Read more

May 15, 2015May 15, 2015

Promising Antibody Therapy for Resistant Advanced Colorectal Cancer

A recent study entitled “Safety and Activity of the First-in-Class Sym004 Anti-EGFR Antibody Mixture in Patients with Refractory Colorectal Cancer” showed that a specific therapy based on Sym004 antibody mixture ... Read more

March 5, 2015March 5, 2015

Amgen’s Vectibix Approved For Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Treatment

Amgen, a pharmaceutical company devoted to the development of novel human therapeutics for serious diseases, recently announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) at the European ... Read more

February 16, 2015February 16, 2015

Chronic Inflammation May Drive Colon Cancer

In a recent study entitled “Immature myeloid cells directly contribute to skin tumor development by recruiting IL-17–producing CD4+ T cells,” a research team identified that a specific type of immune ... Read more

February 6, 2015February 6, 2015

Colorectal Cancer Patients Who Smoke Have Higher Risk of Death

A new study entitled “Active Smoking and Mortality Among Colorectal Cancer Survivors: The Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort” reports that colorectal cancer survivors who smoke cigarettes have double risk ... Read more

January 12, 2015January 12, 2015

Theralase Develops Promising Colon Cancer Therapeutic Technology

Theralase Technologies Inc. is advancing its pioneering studies on anti-cancer therapeutics using its leading technology, the Photo Dynamic Compounds, PDCs, that is equipped with a super-pulsed laser technology. The first clinical studies ... Read more

December 26, 2014December 26, 2014

High-Definition Scopes Efficiently Assess Intestinal Polyps

A new study entitled “Accuracy of in vivo colorectal polyp discrimination by using dual-focus high-definition narrow-band imaging colonoscopy” shows that current imaging techniques used in colonoscopies are capable of assessing the benign ... Read more

October 30, 2014October 30, 2014

Study Finds Mutation In Colorectal Cancers May Increase Susceptibility to New Cancer Drugs

A study titled “RNF43 is frequently mutated in colorectal and endometrial cancers” and published in Nature Genetics found a new gene, RNF43 that is frequently mutated in colorectal adenocarcinomas and ... Read more

October 28, 2014October 28, 2014

Colon Cancer Patients May Benefit From Prehabilitation Before Surgery

A new study entitled “Prehabilitation versus Rehabilitation: A Randomized Control Trial in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Resection for Cancer” suggests that a prehabilitition program including exercise, healthy diet and relaxation techniques ... Read more

October 16, 2014October 16, 2014

New ESMO Guidelines Recommend SIR-Spheres y-90 Resin Microspheres For Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Treatment

The new European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) clinical guidelines for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) were recently published in the September issue of the Annals of Oncology Journal. These ... Read more

October 7, 2014October 7, 2014

Obesity Increases Risk of Second Cancer In Colorectal Cancer Survivors

A new study entitled “Body Mass Index and Risk of Second Obesity-Associated Cancers After Colorectal Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies” published in the September issue of Journal ... Read more

October 2, 2014October 2, 2014

Researchers Develop New Colon Cancer Peptide Vaccines And Inhibitors

Two recent studies titled “IGF-1R Peptide Vaccines/Mimics Inhibit the Growth of BxPC3 and JIMT-1 Cancer Cells in vitro and in vivo and Combined Therapy with HER-1 and HER-2 Peptides Induces ... Read more