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 3, 2014

Researchers Find microRNAs Linked to Colon Cancer Tumor Growth

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have published an article titled “Sequential expression of miR-182 and miR-503 cooperatively targets FBXW7, contributing to the malignant transformation of colon adenoma to adenocarcinoma” ... 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

October 1, 2014October 1, 2014

Benefits of Colorectal Cancer Screening Evaluated in French Studies

As suggested by a study presented at the ESMO 2014 Congress, biennial colorectal screening initiatives may increase the rate of high risk pre-cancerous adenomas diagnosis by nearly 90%. In Côte-d’Or, ... Read more

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014

Obesity and Inflammation In Adolescence Linked to Colon Cancer Later

A study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held in New Orleans, has shown that obesity and inflammation in late ... Read more

September 29, 2014September 29, 2014

Colon Cancer Research Wins Grant for Oncology Innovation Award From EDM Serono

Among the winners of the first Grant for Oncology Innovation (GOI), awarded by EMD Serono, a biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA, were two research projects focused on colon cancer therapy. ... 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 called Screen ... 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 stool ... Read more

September 24, 2014September 24, 2014

Researchers Uncover Cancer Drug Target That Utilizes Lipid Chemical Messengers

A new study, entitled “TIPE3 Is the Transfer Protein of Lipid Second Messengers that Promote Cancer” published on Cancer Cell by first author Dr. Svetlana Fayngerts from Dr. Youhai Chen’s group, ... Read more

September 22, 2014September 22, 2014

Risk of Death from Colon Cancer Lower Among Those with Intestinal Polyps

A team of researchers from the University of Oslo have published a study entitled “Long-Term Colorectal-Cancer Mortality after Adenoma Removal,” in The New England Journal of Medicine, where they demonstrated that patients ... Read more

September 19, 2014September 19, 2014

Cassava Leaves, Roots Show Promise Against Colon Cancer

Cassava, or Manihot esculenta, belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae and is cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, which is commonly dried into a powder and named tapioca. In a ... 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 of ... Read more

September 17, 2014

Health Economic Analysis Suggests Oncotype DX Colon Cancer Test May Improve Direct Medical Costs And Patient Quality Of Life

The Oncotype® DX colon cancer test can significantly reduce direct medical costs and improve patient quality of life by helping avoid side effects of unnecessary treatment, according to a PharmacoEconomics journal health ... 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