Colonoscopy Not Needed for Most With Irritable Bowel Syndrome (HealthDay)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) — People with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) aren’t at increased risk for polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and, in most cases, don’t require a colonoscopy, U.S. researchers [...]

Breast cancer study aims to speed drugs, cooperation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Researchers launched a unique collaboration aimed at getting cancer drugs to the market more quickly on Wednesday — one in which three companies will cooperate with government and non-profit groups to test five experimental breast cancer drugs. [...]

Breast cancer study aims to speed drugs, cooperation (Reuters)

Reuters – Researchers launched a unique collaboration aimed at getting cancer drugs to the market more quickly on Wednesday — one in which three companies will cooperate with government and non-profit groups to test five experimental breast cancer drugs. [...]

Myriad breast cancer patent very broad, study finds (Reuters)

Reuters – Myriad Genetics’ disputed patent on the BRCA1 breast cancer gene is “surprisingly broad” and could interfere with future research, three experts said on [...]

Myriad breast cancer patent very broad, study finds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Myriad Genetics’ disputed patent on the BRCA1 breast cancer gene is “surprisingly broad” and could interfere with future research, three experts said on Tuesday. [...]

Age likely a factor in colon cancer chemotherapy (Reuters)

Reuters – Older patients with colon cancer are less likely to receive chemotherapy after surgery than younger people but have fewer serious side-effects when they do get the treatment, U.S. researchers said on [...]

Age likely a factor in colon cancer chemotherapy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Older patients with colon cancer are less likely to receive chemotherapy after surgery than younger people but have fewer serious side-effects when they do get the treatment, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. [...]

Lung cancer gene tests not ready: U.S. report (Reuters)

Reuters – Genetic tests designed to predict how well lung cancer patients will fare after treatment do very little to guide doctors, government researchers said on [...]

Lung cancer gene tests not ready: U.S. report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Genetic tests designed to predict how well lung cancer patients will fare after treatment do very little to guide doctors, government researchers said on Tuesday. [...]

Older Colon Cancer Patients Less Likely to Get Chemo (HealthDay)

HealthDay – TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) — Older colon cancer patients are less likely than younger ones to receive potentially life-prolonging chemotherapy following surgery for their illness, a new study [...]

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