Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the...

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a hereditary predisposition to colon cancer. HNPCC includes (and was once synonymous with) Lynch syndrome...

colorectal adenoma is a benign glandular tumor of the colon and the rectum. It is a precursor lesion of the colorectal adenocarcinoma (colon cancer)...

or rectum. Untreated colorectal polyps can develop into colorectal cancer. Colorectal polyps are often classified by their behaviour (i.e. benign vs. malignant)...

to enable the opportunity for biopsy or the removal of suspected colorectal cancer lesions. Colonoscopy is similar in principle to sigmoidoscopy, with...

types of cancer in males are lung cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and stomach cancer. In females, the most common types are breast cancer, colorectal...

cetuximab (Erbitux) therapy in colorectal cancer. As of 2008, the most reliable way to predict whether a colorectal cancer patient will respond to one of...

Cancer of the duodenum is relatively rare compared to stomach cancer and colorectal cancer. Its histology is usually adenocarcinoma. Familial adenomatous...

cancer. Heme iron in red meat has been associated with increased colorectal cancer risk. The American Institute for Cancer Research and World Cancer Research...

to determine the best method of treatment. The systems for staging colorectal cancers depend on the extent of local invasion, the degree of lymph node involvement...

as Crohn's disease cancer of the colon and rectum (colorectal cancer) repositioning of the rectal area if fallen out anal cancer any injuries to the...

sinonasal cancer, liver cancer, colorectal cancer, cancers of the gallbladder, the adrenal gland, the small intestine, and various childhood cancers. Seven...

ulcers or a malignancy (such as colorectal cancer or gastric cancer). The test does not directly detect colon cancer but is often used in clinical screening...

"MGMT promoter methylation and field defect in sporadic colorectal cancer". J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 97 (18): 1330–8. doi:10.1093/jnci/dji275. PMID 16174854...

detection of early stage cancers. The company's initial focus was on the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer; in 2014 it launched Cologuard...

The histopathology of colorectal cancer of the adenocarcinoma type involves analysis of tissue taken from a biopsy or surgery. A pathology report contains...

promoter methylation and field defect in sporadic colorectal cancer". Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 97 (18): 1330–8. doi:10.1093/jnci/dji275...

article lists notable people who died from or were diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Adele Roberts (born 1979), English broadcaster, radio personality...

mammography (to screen for breast cancer), colorectal cancer screening, a Pap test (to check for cervical cancer), and screening for osteoporosis. Genetic...

getting colorectal cancer. However, the cancers they did have were more likely to have spread to lymph nodes or distant sites than colorectal cancer in women...

people to limit processed meat consumption as it increases risk of colorectal cancer. Nitrate and sodium nitrite found in processed meats can be converted...

variability in 5-fluorouracil exposure in colorectal cancer patients on FOLFOX regimens". Clinical Colorectal Cancer. 10 (3): 203–6. doi:10.1016/j.clcc.2011...

PSC is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer and cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer). PSC is a progressive condition, and may result...

second-line metastatic colorectal cancer. It was approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in January 2005, for use in colorectal cancer. Bevacizumab has...

person gets such a cancer, it is often associated with hereditary syndromes like Peutz-Jegher's, hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, or familial adenomatous...

not recommended in the colorectal cancer screening guidelines. The DRE is inadequate as a screening tool for colorectal cancer because it examines less...

reduced mortality from colorectal cancer for both total colorectal cancer mortality (27% reduction) and rectosigmoidal cancer mortality (37%), but this...

people with colorectal or gastrointestinal cancer suggest that soy isoflavones may have a slight protective effect against such cancers. A 2016 review...

breast cancer, colorectal cancer, dermatology and skin cancer, endocrine cancer, genitourinary cancer, gynecologic cancer, head and neck cancer, neurologic...

inhibitor medication used for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer and head and neck cancer. Cetuximab is a chimeric (mouse/human) monoclonal antibody...