AI-assisted immune profiling helps predict treatment success in rectal cancer patients

Artificial intelligence (AI) can predict how well patients with rectal cancer will respond to treatment by analyzing standard ...
News24

SA has relatively high anal cancer rates, but we rarely screen for it

South Africa has the world’s largest population of people living with HIV, which both heightens the risk of anal cancers and ...

Does Medicare Cover Ostomy and Colostomy Supplies?

Adjusting to life with an ostomy can be challenging, both physically and financially. From finding the right pouching system to managing daily care, it often takes time, patience and the ...
Canadian Medical Association Journal

Intermediate–high-risk pulmonary embolism in a 53-year-old woman with colorectal cancer and contraindication to thrombolysis

Key points A 53-year-old woman with rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma was seen in the radiation oncology clinic for her fifth and final fraction of neoadjuvant radiotherapy, where she reported chills, ...
Healio

Rectal bleeding strong colorectal cancer predictor in younger adults

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with rectal bleeding were 8.5 times likelier to have early-onset colorectal cancer, data show. Most ...
Fox Carolina

Patient with stage four rectal cancer says new device saved her life

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A groundbreaking device is changing how doctors treat colorectal cancer by targeting tumors while sparing the rest of the body from chemotherapy side effects. Hope ...
Everyday Health

Rectal Bleeding Linked With 8.5 Times Higher Risk for Colorectal Cancer in Younger Adults

People under 50 who got a colonoscopy because of rectal bleeding had 8.5 times higher odds of being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, a new study suggests. Rectal bleeding doesn’t always mean cancer — ...
UPI

Researchers identify link between rectal bleeding, colon cancer

Rectal bleeding could be a powerful early warning sign of colon cancer among younger adults, a new study says. Such bleeding increased more than eightfold the odds of a colon cancer diagnosis among ...
New York Post

This is the ‘strongest predictor of colorectal cancer’ under 50 — it increases your odds by 850%

Ignore this red flag, and it could come back to bite you in the rear. A new study has identified the “strongest predictor of colorectal cancer” in adults under 50 — increasing the odds of a diagnosis ...
AOL

More young adults are getting breast, kidney, and colorectal cancer — but why?

More young adults in the U.S. are getting cancer, and experts don’t know why. A dozen forms of the disease have risen among Americans under the age of 50 over the last decade, according to doctors, ...
WPBF

Joe Biden undergoes surgery to remove skin cancer on forehead

KNOW. EMILY WELL, BEN JESSICA DOCTORS SAY IT WAS SYMPTOMS THAT HELPED LEAD TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S DIAGNOSIS. BUT THE CHIEF OF UROLOGY AT UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER SAYS SCREENING CAN BE ONE OF ...