January 26, 2012 (San Francisco, California) — Results of a phase 3 randomized trial in metastatic colorectal cancer indicate that brivanib alaninate, an antivascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 agent that also targets fibroblast growth …

Anti-VEGFR2 Inhibitor Shows No Clinical Benefit in Colon Cancer

A University of Virginia School of Medicine review indicates that treating patients with advanced colon cancers with an additional drug increases their chances of survival. The drug oxaliplatin, added to standard chemotherapy treatment for patients, …

UVa study finds drug used with chemo increases colon cancer survival rate

A recently approved cancer drug hailed as a miracle worker for some patients with advanced melanoma, has mysteriously failed in early clinical trials against colon cancers. But work published today in Nature clarifies how colon cancers dodge the drug, …

Answer found for cancer drug failure

Have a cup of tea mate – it might just keep you cancer free. New research suggests an ingredient in a specific type of tea may not so daintily sip away at colon cancer. A study has discovered that human colon cancer cells keel over when exposed to …

A Brew Treatment for Colon Cancer?

By Prue Salasky Colon cancer is a leading cause of death around the world. More than 100000 Americans are diagnosed annually. UVA School of Medicine conducted a review of more than 4000 patients with stage 3 colon cancer, younger than 75, …

Drug improves colon cancer survival, UVA research shows

Here's good news for chocoholics — munching on the sweet treat regularly may stave off your risk of developing bowel cancer, a new study has claimed. Researchers at the Science and Technology Institute of Food and Nutrition in Spain found that eating …

Chocoloates may help stave off bowel cancer: Study

In 2010, 72.4 percent of women were being screened for breast cancer, below the target of 81 percent, for cervical cancer it was 83 percent of women, while the target is 93 percent, and for colon cancer 58.6 percent of Americans were screened, …

Too Few Americans Getting Screened for Common Cancers: CDC