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, 2016

Camptosar, FOLFOX Chemo Combo Improves Advanced Colon Cancer Outcomes

First-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer with FOLFOXIRI chemotherapy plus Avastin (bevacizumab) in a Phase 2 clinical trial showed improvements in patient response rate and progression-free survival, according to recently ... Read more

October 18, 2016October 18, 2016

Cancer Cell ‘Ferment’ Sugar to Speed Their Metabolism and Spread, Study Reports

Cancer cells are known to be able to speed up their metabolism, reprogramming it so they can proliferate more quickly. Now, researchers have identified one way that tumors alter their metabolism — fermenting rather than burning ... Read more

October 13, 2016

Researchers Find Key Protein that May Halt Colon Cancer Progression

Researchers have identified a protein that can inactivate one of the main pathways involved in the development and progression of colorectal cancer, a finding that may lead to the development ... Read more

October 11, 2016

Nintedanib Fails to Improve Overall Survival of Colon Cancer Patients, Trial Finds

Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who no longer respond or tolerate other available treatments do not benefit more from nintedanib plus best supportive care (BSC) than from BSC alone, according to recent results ... Read more

October 6, 2016

To Prevent Colon Cancer, Physician Advises, ‘Listen to Your Gut’

Physicians at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, are calling for people to “listen to their gut” because those who pay attention to their digestive system’s normal behavior are ... Read more

October 4, 2016October 4, 2016

Combo Therapy Using Nanoparticles Shows Potential to Treat Advanced Colon Cancers

Though immune checkpoint inhibitors are deemed as especially promising in a number of cancers, the therapy often fails to exert an effect in more lethal cancers. Recently, researchers found that ... Read more

September 29, 2016September 29, 2016

Nanoparticles Derived from Ginger Safely Help Chemo Kill Colon Cancer Cells in Early Study

Nanoparticles derived from edible ginger effectively delivered the chemotherapy agent Adriamycin (doxorubicin) into tumor cells in a mouse model of colon cancer, inducing tumor cell death while largely sparring healthy cells, a new ... Read more

September 27, 2016

Surgical Removal of Primary Tumor in Colon Cancer Patients Doesn’t Improve Survival, Study Finds

Primary tumor resection (surgical removal of the original tumor) does not improve survival compared with chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colon cancer, according to the results of an observational cohort ... Read more

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016

Exercise May Help Prevent Alcohol-related Colon Cancer Deaths

Even moderate levels of exercise prevent some of the detrimental effects of drinking alcohol, such as the increased risk of dying from cancer. The findings are particularly relevant to colon ... Read more

September 20, 2016

Study Looks Beyond Aspirin’s Ability to Fight Colon Cancer

Aspirin’s ability to prevent cardiovascular disease and colon cancer is a known attribute of the pain reliever, but researchers do not fully understand how it exerts such diverse benefits. Now, a study ... Read more

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016

Researchers Learn How Colorectal Cancer Cells Resist Chemotherapy

Researchers have uncovered an additional way through which colorectal cancer cells may acquire resistance to treatment. According to a recent study, published in Oncotarget, the cells that compose the tumor ... Read more

September 13, 2016September 13, 2016

Mutations Unique to African-Americans with Colon Cancer Can Also Make It Aggressive

Last year, researchers at University Hospital Seidman Cancer Center and Case Western University identified gene mutations that are unique to colon cancers in African-American patients, making it almost a different ... 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