Some heavy-duty articles

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coloCan
coloCan CSN Member Posts: 1,944 Member
edited March 2012 in Colorectal Cancer #1
being that this is CRC awareness month alot of interesting stuff out there:

cancernetwork.com/colorectal-cancer/content/article/10165/2044889

"Metastatic CRC:A Curable Disease"


ecancer.org/news/2570

"A mutation in EGFR that confers cetuximab resistance in CRC"


medicalnewstoday.com/releases/242796.php

5th item, on RAS -and then click on link to scientific explanation (or maybe not....)


For the latest on Regorafanib:

clinicaloncology.com/CancerArticles.aspx?c_id=47&c=Colorectal

Added this one on financial hardship among Stage 3ers, even if insured,at:

doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/pb/27443

And another reason to watch what you eat (today's news talks of red meat):

emaxhealth.com/1020/how-does-high-fat-diet-lead-colon-cancer


and one on something new:

sys-con.com/node/2195471

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  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea CSN Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    #2
    thanks steve
    always interesting reading. You have mainstream covered.

    hugs,
    pete
  • coloCan
    coloCan CSN Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #3
    pete43lost_at_sea said:

    thanks steve
    always interesting reading. You have mainstream covered.

    hugs,
    pete

    Check out this current item on new diagnostics tests:
    sys-con.com/node/2205318

    and this is by four "Pioneers" in the field of using nanotechnology against cancer:

    kavlifoundation.org/science-spotlights/nanoscience-fighting-cancer-nanotechnology

    (which is rather lengthy so i'll do my walking to diner, eat, walk back and then try reading it myself)
    (when i refind the one on MCP i'll post that too
  • smokeyjoe
    smokeyjoe CSN Member Posts: 1,425 Member
    #4
    coloCan said:

    Check out this current item on new diagnostics tests:
    sys-con.com/node/2205318

    and this is by four "Pioneers" in the field of using nanotechnology against cancer:

    kavlifoundation.org/science-spotlights/nanoscience-fighting-cancer-nanotechnology

    (which is rather lengthy so i'll do my walking to diner, eat, walk back and then try reading it myself)
    (when i refind the one on MCP i'll post that too

    Interesting....you know in
    Interesting....you know in Canada we rarely get PET scans...they rely almost exclusively on CT scans....
  • coloCan
    coloCan CSN Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #5
    smokeyjoe said:

    Interesting....you know in
    Interesting....you know in Canada we rarely get PET scans...they rely almost exclusively on CT scans....

    This just out from Vanderbilt (for those familiar with Wnt)
    "Colon cancer's cellular crossroads" (not to be confused with Robert Johnson's "Crossroads")

    http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/03/colon-cancer-cell-signaling/


    ( i wonder why our medical/healthcare systems have different standards of treatment when you would think all would want the most beneficial and effective for its citizens.......yeah, right!!!!)

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