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Some stuff you may not yet be aware of

coloCan
coloCan CSN Member Posts: 1,944 Member
edited May 2013 in Colorectal Cancer #1

 

http://ecancer.org/news/4080-emcto-2013--initial-results-from-the-largest-prospective-study-of-pulmonary-metastasectomy-in-patients-with-colorectal-cancer.php

www.onclive.com/peer-exchange/colorectal-cancer/Determining-Optimal-Treatments-in-CRC

www.news-medical.net/news/20130516/Transgenomic-launches-new-mutation-detection-test-for-patients-with-metastatic-colorectal-cancer.aspx

(My opinion: if you're gonna do genetic testing:include BRAF,PIK3CA as well as KRAS and if mutated KRAS,check for codon 12 and 13 mutations,esp 13D)

 

www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260533.php 

(I wonder,given how each person's tumor/cancer is "unique", how much does our sex,age,ethnicity,etc influence,if any,this "uniqueness" and thus treatment?)

Using immune system:

http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=676431

or

www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ASCO/39182

(Which earlier reported on this onApril 10 )

 

On mitigating oxi's nastiness in FOLFOX'

www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/softening-the-blow-from-folfox-treatment/4864/

Again,with an upcoming ASCO meeting,expect articles on cancer in general and CRC in major.....

Plus something on the planet's most friendliest,eco-loving,human nourishing corporation

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/05/14/glyphosate.aspx

 

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