Rectal bleeding increases the odds of colorectal cancer diagnosis by 8.5 times
Adults under 50 undergoing colonoscopy were found to have a dramatically higher risk of having colorectal cancer when…
Genetic variant linked to liver injury after chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients
A new international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has identified a genetic factor that may explain why some patients…
Low dose of aspirin cuts recurrence risk in colorectal cancer with genetic mutation
A Swedish-led research team at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital has shown in a new randomized clinical…
Genetic testing can guide safer chemotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer patients
For some patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers like colorectal and pancreatic cancer, chemotherapy can cause severe, sometimes life-threatening…
Rare coexistence of APC and KRAS mutations observed in patient with FAP and endometrial cancer
Researchers have discovered an unusual case where two well-known cancer-related mutations-APC and KRAS-coexisted in a woman with familial…