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Could more targeted screening be helpful in colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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A new blood test used to screen people for colorectal cancer just isn’t ready to replace colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical tests, since these are capable of detecting early lesions that respond best to treatment. That’s according to Kimmel Cancer Center …
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Are there aspects to blood testing for colorectal cancer that undermine screening? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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A new blood test for colorectal cancer finds advanced cancers well, but William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says when compared to the gold standard colonoscopy, or even stool tests used for screening, it falls …
Is there a role for a new blood test for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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A blood test can identify the majority of colorectal cancers, a new study finds, when compared with the gold standard, colonoscopy, for screening. Yet whether this test can be trusted when it says cancer is NOT present is another matter, …
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How helpful is a new blood test for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Blood tests for cancer are much in the news lately, including one to test for colorectal cancer. Such a test, if it works as well as methods like colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical testing, would allow people to give tedious aspects …
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Supervised exercise helped reduce recurrence of colorectal cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Regular, supervised exercise helped people who’d been treated for colorectal cancer avoid recurrence of the disease, a new study shows, adding to the burgeoning body of evidence demonstrating the clear health benefits of exercise in many settings, including avoiding cancer …
Exercise helped people with colorectal cancer avoid recurrence, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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People who had been treated for colorectal cancer and who undertook a structured exercise program had fewer recurrences than people who didn’t exercise, a new study shows. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says the …
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