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Colorectal Cancer News

Unclear If Family History of Adenoma Ups CRC Risk Modern research still can't answer the question of whether a family history of adenomatous polyps puts patients at higher risk for colorectal cancer, researchers say.
Reuters Health Information, May 16, 2012
Fish Tied to Lower Colon Cancer Risk: Study People who eat plenty of fish may have a lower risk of colon and rectal cancers, a new meta-analysis suggests.
Reuters Health Information, May 15, 2012

Preop Chemoradiation Better for Rectal Cancer Local Control
Reuters Health Information, May 8, 2012
Exercise Might Improve Survival in Breast and Colon Cancer
Medscape Medical News, May 8, 2012
AGS Colon Cancer Screening: 10 Years to Prevent 1 Death in 1000
Medscape Medical News, May 4, 2012
Use of Preop Chemoradiotherapy Confirmed in Rectal Cancer
Medscape Medical News, May 4, 2012

Colorectal Cancer Perspectives

Colorectal Cancer Mortality After Polypectomy Commentary on a study on the effect of colonoscopic polypectomy on mortality from colorectal cancer, published February 2012 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Medscape General Surgery, May 15, 2012
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction: Then and Now Commentary on a study on the changes in the etiology of mechanical bowel obstruction in patients 100 years apart, published February 2012 in Archives of Surgery.
Medscape General Surgery, May 11, 2012

Asking the Right Questions, Choosing the Right Tests
Medscape Gastroenterology, April 20, 2012
Communication With Patients Facing Serious Illness
Medscape Nurses, March 30, 2012
Lynch Syndrome: Don't Miss It
Medscape Gastroenterology, March 16, 2012
Colorectal Cancer Screening: Guidelines for Best Practice
Medscape Gastroenterology, March 16, 2012

Journals

Identifying the Precursor of Colorectal Cancer
The American Journal of Gastroenterology, May 17, 2012
Mortality and Cancer Risk in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Liver International, May 10, 2012
Atypical Presentation of Colon Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 8, 2012
Diagnostic Accuracy of pCLE and NBI for Colorectal Polyps
The American Journal of Gastroenterology, May 8, 2012
Randomized Trial of Colonoscopy vs. FIT: Interim Results
Journal Watch, May 2, 2012

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