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Digestive Cancers Europe has developed a position paper on the use of biosimilars medicine in colorectal cancer
25 September 2019With the help of the Patient Advisory Committee (PAC) comprising of 7 colorectal cancer patients and carers, Digestive Cancers Europe has developed...
More Antibiotics, Higher Odds for Colon Cancer?
12 September 2019Taking certain antibiotics — especially multiple times or for long courses — may put you at risk for colon cancer, a large new study su...
Overcoming resistance in pancreatic cancer
12 September 2019In pancreatic cancer cells’ struggle to survive, the cells choose alternative routes when their main pathways are blocked by drugs. Researche...
Simple test produces a color change in urine to signal tumor growth in mice
3 September 2019A simple and sensitive urine test developed by Imperial and MIT engineers has produced a color change in urine to signal growing tumors in mice. To...
Exercise ‘delays progression’ of advanced colorectal cancer
28 August 2019Metastatic colorectal cancer patients who engage in moderate exercise while having chemotherapy tend to have delayed disease progression and fewer ...
How alcohol can affect the development of colorectal cancer
23 July 2019While heavy alcohol consumption is recognised as a contributor to the development of colorectal cancer (CRC), an increasing number of studies sugge...
Bowel cancer rates rising ‘among young adults’
21 May 2019More young people under 50 are being diagnosed with bowel cancer, two studies of the disease in European and high-income countries have found. Alth...
Event report from Ed Goodall
13 May 2019Event Report: How is research in Ireland addressing the challenges of bowel cancer? Professor Annette Byrne, Head of the Royal College of Surgeons ...
Success of ECCAM! The Full Report…
30 April 2019In March 2019 Digestive Cancers Europe launched a campaign to promote colorectal cancer screening at the occasion of the start of European Colon Ca...