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       <title>Colon Cancer - livepress.com</title>
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  <updated>2006-08-03 00:00:38</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Curry May Help Prevent Colon Cancer 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?132282"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?132282</id>
    <updated>2006-08-02 23:55:46</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Chemicals found in onions and curry may help prevent  colon cancer , a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study suggests.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Study Finds Compounds In Curry, Onions May Shrink Colon Polyps]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?132023"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?132023</id>
    <updated>2006-08-02 16:36:24</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[According to a newly released study, compounds found in curry and onions may help prevent  colon cancer  in those at risk. Patients with pre-cancerous polyps in the colon who took a pill containing a combination of curcumin, which is found in the curry spice turmeric, and quercetin, an antioxidant...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Curry May Help Prevent Colon Cancer 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?131866"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?131866</id>
    <updated>2006-08-02 12:18:34</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Chemicals found in onions and curry may help prevent  colon cancer , a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study suggests.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Chemicals in curry, onions may shrink colon polyps 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?131843"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?131843</id>
    <updated>2006-08-02 11:48:26</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - Compounds found in curry and 
onions may help prevent  colon cancer  in those at risk, 
according to findings from a small study released this week.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Targeted Methods Boost Minority Colon Cancer Screening 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?126183"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?126183</id>
    <updated>2006-07-25 00:04:04</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - MONDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Interventions tailored to language and culture can significantly boost colorectal cancer screening rates for U.S. minority groups, a new study finds.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Targeted Methods Boost Minority Colon Cancer Screening 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?125891"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?125891</id>
    <updated>2006-07-24 14:12:20</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - MONDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Interventions tailored to language and culture can significantly boost colorectal cancer screening rates for U.S. minority groups, a new study finds.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Formula helps find some colon cancers 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?114907"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?114907</id>
    <updated>2006-06-28 20:18:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Scientists have developed a simple formula that can help find  colon cancer  patients with certain inherited bad genes &#151; information that can help determine the best course of treatment and identify family members at risk of developing the disease, too.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Genetic Screening Model Identifies Colon Cancer Risk 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?114856"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?114856</id>
    <updated>2006-06-28 19:17:34</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- Scottish researchers say they've developed a method that can better identify people at risk of certain types of hereditary  colon cancer , as well as help guide treatment choices for those already diagnosed with  colon cancer .]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Formula helps find some colon cancers 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?114773"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?114773</id>
    <updated>2006-06-28 17:16:30</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Scientists have developed a simple formula that can help find  colon cancer  patients with certain inherited bad genes &#151; information that can help determine the best course of treatment and identify family members at risk of developing the disease, too.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Better Lymph Node Analysis May Improve Colon Cancer Treatment 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?110549"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?110549</id>
    <updated>2006-06-21 23:51:58</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Examining a  colon cancer  patient's lymph nodes may help doctors decide on the best treatment while helping them avoid unnecessary therapies, a new study shows.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Better Lymph Node Analysis May Improve Colon Cancer Treatment 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?110326"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?110326</id>
    <updated>2006-06-21 17:18:23</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Examining a  colon cancer  patient's lymph nodes may help doctors decide on the best treatment while helping them avoid unnecessary therapies, a new study shows.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Amgen cancer drug panitumumab gets FDA priority review 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?104503"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?104503</id>
    <updated>2006-06-12 16:34:45</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Biotechnology company  Amgen  Inc. 
said on Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has 
agreed to a "priority review" of the company's application for 
experimental drug panitumumab as a treatment for  colon cancer .]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[HK research finds link between colon cancer and vascular disease 
    (AFP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?97588"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?97588</id>
    <updated>2006-05-30 12:11:14</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AFP - Hong Kong researchers claim to have found a strong link between  colon cancer  and arterial disease, Hong Kong&#039;s two biggest killers, a statement said.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[New Bush spokesman chokes up discussing battle with cancer 
    (AFP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?88624"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?88624</id>
    <updated>2006-05-16 14:58:48</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AFP - US President  George W. Bush &#039;s new spokesman, Tony Snow, teared up at his first formal White House press briefing, while answering a question related to his battle with  colon cancer  last year.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Colon cancer drugs should not be stopped early 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?84336"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?84336</id>
    <updated>2006-05-10 08:51:56</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Elderly patients who undergo 
removal of an advanced  colon cancer  should complete at least 5 
months of fluorouracil-based chemotherapy, new research 
suggests. Stopping these drugs any earlier raises the risk of 
recurrence, and the results are no better than having no 
chemotherapy at all.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Key Factors Spur Older Cancer Patients to Quit Chemo 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?81228"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?81228</id>
    <updated>2006-05-03 16:10:28</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Physical weakness, treatment complications, and a lack of social and psychological support can keep elderly patients with stage III  colon cancer  from finishing chemotherapy after surgery, a new U.S. study finds.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Colonoscopy Still Best Defense Against Colorectal Cancer 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?67761"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?67761</id>
    <updated>2006-04-12 23:53:40</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) -- Take the right steps and you can turn  colon cancer  into one of the most preventable malignancies.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Colonoscopy Still Best Defense Against Colorectal Cancer 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?67542"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?67542</id>
    <updated>2006-04-12 17:04:53</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, April 12 (HealthDay News) -- Take the right steps and you can turn  colon cancer  into one of the most preventable malignancies.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[New drug ups survival in advanced colon cancer 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?61112"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?61112</id>
    <updated>2006-04-03 14:35:40</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Among patients with 
colorectal cancer that has spread to other areas of the body 
and who have not been helped by standard chemotherapy, a new 
drug called panitumumab produces a highly significant 
improvement in time without worsening of disease, according to 
data released at the annual meeting of the American Association 
for Cancer Research.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Studies find Celebrex may protect against cancer 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?60966"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?60966</id>
    <updated>2006-04-03 10:33:33</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Celebrex, a commonly used painkiller 
and treatment for  arthritis , may help prevent  colon cancer  in 
high-risk patients, but it also raises the risk of heart attack 
and stroke, researchers said on Monday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Study Shows Milk May Curb Colon Cancer Risk]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?58086"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?58086</id>
    <updated>2006-03-29 16:34:14</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer
 New York, NY (AHN)&#151;New research, in the March 2006 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggests men with high levels of calcium and dairy foods in their diet have a lower risk of colorectal cancer. 
 Dr. Susanna C. Larsson of Karolinska...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Calcium, dairy may curb colon cancer risk 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?57966"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?57966</id>
    <updated>2006-03-29 13:32:24</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Men with high levels of calcium 
and dairy foods in their diet have a lower risk of colorectal 
cancer, research suggests.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[New Pill Cleanses Bowel Before Colonoscopy 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54093"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54093</id>
    <updated>2006-03-22 19:04:57</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- OsmoPrep tablets (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous) have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to cleanse the bowel before a colonoscopy, a test to detect  colon cancer .]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[New Pill Cleanses Bowel Before Colonoscopy 
    (HealthDay)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54001"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54001</id>
    <updated>2006-03-22 16:17:53</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- OsmoPrep tablets (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous) have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to cleanse the bowel before a colonoscopy, a test to detect  colon cancer .]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Researchers Find Means Of Isolating Vitamin D's Cancer-Fighting Properties]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?52416"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?52416</id>
    <updated>2006-03-20 14:04:01</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter
 (AHN) - Researchers may have found a way for doctors to use vitamin D to fight  colon cancer . 
 Vitamin D is needed to prevent colorectal cancer in its earliest states, but high doses of the vitamin produces large amounts of calcium, which can result in blood...]]></summary>
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