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November 27, 2008

Colon Cancer Symptoms - Gene Test Could Predict Colon Cancer’s Return - BusinessWeek

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Gene Test Could Predict Colon Cancer’s Return - BusinessWeek
TUESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) — U.S. researchers say they’ve developed a genetic model for predicting the risk of recurrence in patients with early stage colon cancer. According to a team at the Duke Institute for Genome Science & Policy, the

Dolton Mayor William Shaw dead at 71 - WAND TV
DOLTON, Ill. (AP) - Dolton Mayor William “Bill” Shaw is dead after a 4-year battle with cancer. He was 71. Village spokesman Sean Howard said in a statement Shaw died Wednesday at his home in the suburb south of Chicago. Shaw was elected Dolton mayor

ASGE encouraged by drop in colorectal cancer deaths - News-Medical.Net
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) heralds the recent news of a decline in U.S. cancer deaths and incidence rates, with colorectal cancer among the top three cancers with significant declines. ASGE, representing the

Blood test can detect colon cancer - United Press International
TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 21 (UPI) — An Israeli researcher says he has developed a simple early-warning, painless and inexpensive blood test to detect colon cancer. Nadir Arber, a professor of medicine and gastroenterology at Tel Aviv University’s

Individualizing Colon Cancer Therapy - CBS42.com
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — A new model may help doctors predict the risk of a patient s colon cancer returning and also offer insight into the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Researchers identified patterns in the gene expression of 52 early stage colon

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