More Gastrointestinal System Cancer News

• Eradicating Gut Bacteria Improves Stomach Cancer Outcomes

  July 31 (HealthDay News) -- In patients who've had surgery for stomach cancer, removing Helicobacter ...

• More Cancer Lymph Nodes Analyzed at Specialty Centers

  July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with stomach or pancreatic cancer may have more lymph ...

• Colon Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low

  July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Only half of U.S. men and women older than 50 ...

• Protein Thought to Promote Cancer Does Opposite

  July 11 (HealthDay News) -- A protein that appears to suppress the growth of human ...

• Social, Health Care Factors Drive Colon Screen Disparities

  June 24 (HealthDay News) -- The higher death rate from colorectal cancer among minorities in ...

• Vaccine Stops Colon Cancer's Spread in Mice

  June 24 (HealthDay News) -- A new vaccine to treat and prevent metastatic colon cancer ...

• Poorer Patients Have Poorer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis

  June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Low socioeconomic status increases a cancer patient's risk of dying, ...

• Vitamin D May Promote Colon Cancer Survival

  June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients with high blood levels of vitamin D ...

• Cancer Drug Gleevec Linked to Muscle Damage

  June 18 (HealthDay News) -- French doctors have reported a possible new side effect associated ...

• Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers Found

  June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Five proteins linked to early development of pancreatic cancer have ...

• DNA Coding May Make Bowel Prone to Cancer

  June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Subtle changes in the DNA's chemical coding may make the ...

• Family History Plays Role in Black Colon Screen Rates

  June 9 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks with a family history of colorectal cancer are less ...

• Family History Might Improve Odds Against Colon Cancer

  June 3 (HealthDay News) -- The genetic makeup that increases the risk of developing colorectal ...

• Smokers With Colon Cancer Face High Recurrence Risk

  June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term smokers treated for advanced colon cancer are at increased ...

• 3-Drug Combo Improves Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes

  June 2 (HealthDay News) -- A combination therapy of gemcitabine, capecitabine and bevacizumab improves outcomes ...

• Erbitux Works Well for Two-Thirds of Colon Cancer Patients

  June 1 (HealthDay News) -- Colon cancer patients who have the normal version of a ...

• New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Cancers

  May 31 (HealthDay News) -- Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer -- which historically carries a ...

• Beer Drinking May Speed Pancreatic Cancer Onset

  May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Heavy smoking and drinking, especially beer, may hasten the onset ...

• Repeat Colonscopies Underused in High-Risk Patients

  May 20 (HealthDay News) -- The people who most need to have repeat colonoscopies to ...