Fecal occult-blood testing linked with reduction in colorectal-cancer mortality
Image: PD 1. Across a 30-year follow-up period, annual and biennial fecal occult-blood testing groups had a risk of death ...
Tag: colon cancer
Differential response to panitumumab seen in colorectal cancer based on genotypes
Image: PD 1. Addition of panitumumab to the first-line FOLFOX4 regimen prolonged survival in patients without RAS mutations. 2. Panitumumab ...
Neoadjunctive radiotherapy, hospital factors key for rectal cancer resection
Image: PD 1. Older age, male sex, African American race and non-private insurance are risk factors for margin positivity following ...
Liver transplant prolongs life in metastatic colorectal cancer
Image: PD/Colon cancer mortality rates. 1. Patients with hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC) have similar rates of survival post-liver ...
Reminder intervention increases colorectal cancer screening rates
Image: PD 1. Among adults overdue for colorectal cancer screening, those who received reminder letters and mailed fecal occult blood ...
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