Italian researchers have shown that
the angiogenic factor vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is inversely
related to event-free survival in stage... Post Date: 07/25/2000,
Relevancy: 80.00%
Doctors refer to cancer as being in
“stages.” The stages generally range from 0 to IV, depending on how much the
cancer has spread. The lower... Post Date: 04/28/2000, Relevancy: 45.24%
WASHINGTON - If colorectal screening
became a routine part of medical practice, about half of the 56,000 Americans
who die each year from the disease could... Post Date: 03/01/2000,
Relevancy: 17.80%
Factors including gender and tumor
type and location may help doctors determine which colorectal cancer patients
will benefit from chemotherapy. Post Date: 05/25/2000, Relevancy: 9.30%
Older patients with advanced colon
cancer may be denied chemotherapy because of age biases among physicians and
even among the patients themselves, a recent... Post Date: 03/02/2000,
Relevancy: 9.30%
Earlier screening and better medical
treatment could prolong the length of time African-Americans remain
disease-free following surgery for colon cancer... Post Date: 11/16/1999,
Relevancy: 9.30%
Along with cancer of the rectum,
colon cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women in the
United States. Post Date: 11/01/1999, Relevancy: 9.30%
Colon cancer patients who achieve a
long-term remission eventually experience a relatively high quality of life
(QOL), although the first few years after... Post Date: 03/17/2000,
Relevancy: 8.90%
