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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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, ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... Read more