Tag: colon cancer

1. TAS-102 is a combination of a thymidine-based nucleic acid analogue, trifluridine, and a thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor, tipiracil hydrochloride. 2. ...

1. There were no statistically significant differences in locoregional recurrence, disease-free survival or overall survival after 3 years between laparoscopic ...

1. Based on date from a large cohort of Seventh-Day Adventist church-goers from the US and Canada, there was a ...

1. In a prospective cohort of over 2,500 patients diagnosed with non-metastatic colorectal cancer, post-diagnosis active smoking was associated with ...

1. Surgical resection of colorectal liver metastases was associated with a lower cost (€22,200 vs. €32,800) and increased quality-adjusted life-years ...

1. In patients with colorectal cancer lung metastases, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) provided favorable long-term survival with few severe adverse events. ...

1. Some global cancer trends were more promising, such as those for colon and rectal cancer, which reached 60% 5-year ...

In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Four ...

1. In older patients with colorectal cancer, laparoscopic surgery (LAP) resulted in overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and cancer-specific ...

1. Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with a combination of bevacizumab and triple-drug chemotherapy including fluorouracil (plus leucovorin), irinotecan, ...