June 8, 2017August 24, 2022
Clinical Trial to Test Mekinist as Combo Therapy in Advanced Colorectal Cancer Patients

The MEK inhibitor Mekinist (trametinib) is to be tested in combination with Opdivo (nivolumab) — or Opdivo plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) — in colorectal cancer ... Read more
June 6, 2017
Certain Colon Cancer Patients May Need a Shorter Chemotherapy Course, International Study Finds

Certain patients who underwent surgery for lymph-node positive colon cancer (stage 3) may require only three months of chemotherapy after surgery ... Read more
June 1, 2017June 1, 2017
Binimetinib Triple Combo to Be Tested in Microsatellite Stable Colorectal Cancer Patients

The MEK inhibitor binimetinib will soon be tested in combination with Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) in colorectal cancer patients ... Read more
May 30, 2017
PCM-075 Proves Safe as Treatment for Colon, Other Cancer Types, Phase 1 Trial Shows

Trovagene’s PCM-075 therapy for several blood cancers and solid tumors, including colon cancer, proved safe in a Phase 1 clinical ... Read more
May 25, 2017May 25, 2017
FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda for Colorectal, Other Solid Cancers with Specific Genetic Feature

Colorectal cancer patients with unresectable or metastatic tumors bearing a genetic feature — microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) — ... Read more
May 23, 2017
Increased Colon Cancer Risk in Overweight Boys Reversed by Slimming Down, Danish Study Finds

Overweight boys have a higher risk of developing colon cancer in adulthood, but if they lose the extra pounds by ... Read more
May 18, 2017May 18, 2017
Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Survivor Updates Microsatellite Stable CRC Clinical Trial Finder

Tom Marsilje, who survived stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC), has joined forces with New York-based Fight Colorectal Cancer to help patients search for ... Read more
May 16, 2017
Colon Cancer Coalition Partnering with Olympus to Try to Increase the Disease’s US Screening Rate

The Colon Cancer Coalition, a nonprofit organization that encourages grassroots efforts to promote colon cancer awareness and screening, is partnering ... Read more
May 11, 2017
Researchers Take Aim at Early-stage Colon Cancer by Working on New Endoscope Device

A new European project aims to develop an innovative endoscope device that can detect and diagnose colorectal cancer in its early ... Read more
May 9, 2017
Online Survey Shows What Lifestyle Changes People Can Make to Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer

People who eat healthy, exercise, and do not smoke are less likely to report a personal history of colorectal cancer ... Read more
May 4, 2017May 4, 2017
RLR Agonists Seen to Promote Immune Response Against Colon Cancer Cells in Early Study

Small molecule compounds known as RLR agonists, being developed by Kineta to treat colon cancer, were seen to kill cancer ... 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 ... 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 to ... Read more

October 17, 2014October 17, 2014

Colon Cancer Suppressor Gene SIRT6 Promotes Skin Cancer

Researchers from The University of Chicago have published their recent findings in The Journal of Cancer Research, titled “SIRT6 Promotes COX-2 Expression and Acts as an Oncogene in Skin Cancer”, whereby ... 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 15, 2014October 15, 2014

Oral Biological Drug Can Reduce Precancerous Polyp Formation In Colon

A group of researchers from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, have published their latest results “Oral Interleukin-10 Alleviates Polyposis via Neutralization of Pathogenic T-Regulatory Cells” ... Read more

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014

EpHA2 Protein Linked to Poor Colorectal Cancer Prognosis

Clinicians may be able to use another prognostic marker for colon cancer in order to make decisions for the best treatment option for their patients. A new study from Queen’s ... Read more

October 14, 2014

Replacing Guanylin Hormone Can Prevent Colon Cancer Development

Researchers from the Thomas Jefferson University have recently published a study in the Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention journal titled “The Paracrine Hormone for the GUCY2C Tumor Suppressor, Guanylin, Is Universally Lost in Colorectal ... Read more

October 13, 2014October 13, 2014

Simple Yogurt Based Test for Colon Cancer Developing at MIT

A group of researchers at the MIT is engineering yogurt bacteria to detect colorectal cancer and other diseases in a non-invasive and simple way. The team, led by Sangeeta Bhatia, PhD, a ... Read more

October 10, 2014

Study Finds Non-Fiber Laxatives Might Influence Colon Cancer Risk

Recent results from a study titled “A Prospective Study of the Effect of Bowel Movement Frequency, Constipation, and Laxative Use on Colorectal Cancer Risk”, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, ... Read more

October 9, 2014October 9, 2014

Two Studies Evaluating anti-EGFR And anti-VEGF Treatments in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Presented At ESMO

During the European Society for Medical Oncology Meeting (ESMO) 2014, in Madrid, Spain, the results from two different studies evaluating the use of anti-EGFR or anti-VEGF treatments in first-line RAS ... Read more

October 8, 2014October 8, 2014

Study Finds Different Access to Laparoscopic Colectomy Depending on Geographic Region

In a new study titled “Geographic Variation in Use of Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colon Cancer” published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ... 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 7, 2014October 7, 2014

Clinically Relevant JAK Inhibitors Battle Colon Cancer in Pre-Clinical Studies

An effective new therapy used against bowel cancer tumors may be quickly propelled from laboratory testing to clinical trials for subsequent approval. The therapy, already in use to treat psoriasis, arthritis, ... Read more

Clinical Trial to Test Mekinist as Combo Therapy in Advanced Colorectal Cancer Patients

Certain Colon Cancer Patients May Need a Shorter Chemotherapy Course, International Study Finds

Binimetinib Triple Combo to Be Tested in Microsatellite Stable Colorectal Cancer Patients

PCM-075 Proves Safe as Treatment for Colon, Other Cancer Types, Phase 1 Trial Shows

FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda for Colorectal, Other Solid Cancers with Specific Genetic Feature

Increased Colon Cancer Risk in Overweight Boys Reversed by Slimming Down, Danish Study Finds

Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Survivor Updates Microsatellite Stable CRC Clinical Trial Finder

Colon Cancer Coalition Partnering with Olympus to Try to Increase the Disease’s US Screening Rate

Researchers Take Aim at Early-stage Colon Cancer by Working on New Endoscope Device

Online Survey Shows What Lifestyle Changes People Can Make to Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer

RLR Agonists Seen to Promote Immune Response Against Colon Cancer Cells in Early Study

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