colon cancer prevention

Maslinic acid provides natural defense against colon cancer

harminka — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:21:16 -0600

Researchers from the University of Granada and the University of Barcelona have shown that treatment with maslinic acid, a triterpenoid compound isolated from olive-skin pomace, results in a significant inhibition of cell proliferation and causes apoptotic death in colon-cancer cells.

Benefits of aspirin to prevent colon cancer

harminka — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:51:10 -0500

A colon cancer researcher at the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) has laid out the roadmap for how medical science should employ aspirin and new aspirin-like drugs for use in preventing colon cancer in certain high-risk individuals.

New technique effective in closing accidental colonoscopy wounds

harminka — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:08:26 -0500

To prevent colon cancer, the second leading cause of United States cancer deaths, the American Cancer Society recommends that after age 50 people undergo colonoscopies every ten years to detect signs of that disease - either actual tumors or precancerous polyps.

CT colonoscopy has 90 percent agreement rate with optical colonoscopy

harminka — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:48:32 -0500

Nearly 90% of colon polyps greater than or equal to 6 mm in size detected at CT colonoscopy were demonstrated to represent true polyps at subsequent optical colonoscopy (the traditional method of viewing the colon and removing precancerous growths), according to a new study by researchers from the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, WI.