Colon Cancer and Rectal Cancer Expert Center

Metastatic spread of tumor requires cancer cells to travel to hostile "foreign" organs and tissues. Thus tumor cells acquire new ...

In-depth interview with Dr. Ido Wolf - leading expert in endocrine and gastrointestinal cancers and precision medicine treatment of tumors ...

Colonoscopy is said to be a "gold standard" for colon cancer detection, but there is data that optical colonoscopy detects ...

Gene therapy as a magic bullet against cancer captures imagination but progress has been slow. Leading cancer expert and researcher ...

Discussion with one of top cancer prevention experts on the best ways to prevent cancer and detect cancer early. In-depth ...

Rectal cancer can manifest as bleeding from a rectum. Often rectal bleeding is dismissed by primary care physicians as "just ...

Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy [HIPEC] or Early Post-operative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy [EPIC] treatment for cancer that has spread into peritoneal cavity? Harvard-trained ...

Harvard-trained cancer surgeon on benefits and risks of minimally invasive, robotic, and laparoscopic colon cancer and rectal cancer surgery: Minimally ...

Treatment planning in colon cancer and rectal cancer starts with precise diagnostic staging of the tumor. CT, MRI, and PET ...

Dr. Melnitchouk is a Harvard-affiliated colorectal cancer and peritoneal cancer surgeon and international public health researcher. Biography and Introduction: Hello ...

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What will be major breakthroughs in colorectal cancer treatment in near future? One of them is treatment of rectal cancer ...

Every cancer patient must be evaluated by Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) - also called "Tumor Board". Eminent German oncologist: Tumor Board ...

Quality of knowledge about colorectal cancer treatment is very different across the world. Colon cancer treatment evolves very fast. Cure ...

Liquid biopsy in colon cancer or rectal cancer allow monitoring of treatment in real time. What is liquid biopsy? How ...

How to predict survival for each colorectal cancer patient? How precision medicine treatment of colorectal cancer can influence prognosis? How ...

Lung metastases and liver metastases happen in 50% of colorectal cancer patients. What are treatment options apart from surgical resection? ...

Half of all colorectal cancer is diagnosed in elderly people over 70 years of age. How does age affect treatment ...

Chemotherapy in rectal cancer can lead to eradication of tumor without surgery. How to use Xeloda with other chemotherapy medications ...

DPD is enzyme in colorectal cancer tumor predicts response to Xeloda treatment. How to use precision medicine in colorectal cancer ...

Capecitabine (Xeloda) is new oral chemotherapy for colorectal cancer treatment. How to use Xeloda correctly? How to combine Xeloda with ...

Some colon caner tumors show amplification of HER2 molecule. When to use HER2 inhibitors in colon cancer treatment? Herceptin and ...

How to use mutations in EGFR, BRAF and MEK molecules to select personalized treatment plan in colorectal cancer? When to ...

Colon cancer immunotherapy successfully treats 5% to 10% of patients. How to select correct patients for colorectal cancer immunotherapy? What ...

Cancer stem cells hold keys for cure of colorectal cancer. How cancer stem cells can be found and killed by ...

Why genetics of patient is equally important to genetics of tumor for colorectal cancer treatment? Why we should identify key ...

Precision medicine is here for colorectal cancer treatment. But current tumor classification is often not optimal for selection of correct ...

Colon cancer screening best tests are non-invasive. Why fecal blood test detects only advanced stage colorectal cancer? How analysis of ...

How to choose best colon cancer screening test? There are 1.4 million new colorectal cancer diagnosis every year. All colon ...

Dr. Hans Joachim Schmoll is a prominent oncologist and colorectal cancer treatment specialist. Clinical Oncology Research Program and Professor of ...

Leading Swiss gastrointestinal cancer surgeon discusses delicate liver cancer surgery technique that originated from Japan. Gentle resection of only liver ...

Leading Swiss gastrointestinal cancer surgeon discusses importance of healthy liver preservation in metastatic liver cancer or primary liver cancer surgery ...

Lung metastases and liver metastases in colorectal cancer happen in 50% of all patients. What is recent progress in treatment ...

What is the best colon cancer and rectal cancer surgical treatment method today? Why is it important for surgeon to ...

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Liver metastases in colorectal cancer happen in 50% of patients. It is possible to successfully treat such stage 4 colon ...

Many doctors still do not treat metastatic colon cancer aggressively enough. “People just don't understand what you can now do ...

“We are making huge progress in stage 4 metastatic colon cancer surgical treatment right now. And it's going hand in ...

What advances in stage 4 colon cancer treatment can we expect? Education of doctors about benefits of liver (and lung) ...

75% of colorectal cancers are diagnosed in elderly patients. Metastatic colon cancer treatment should be more aggressive. "It is not ...

New technologies complement liver cancer surgery in treatment of metastatic colon cancer. What is selective internal radiation therapy, SIRT? Transarterial ...

“Five-year survival of stage 4 colon cancer patients whose liver metastases convert to resection is 50% now. 25% of stage ...

How to convert unresectable liver metastatic lesions from colon cancer to resectable tumors? “I strongly believe that the following plan ...

Tumor staging is crucial to formulate plan for surgical treatment in stage 4 colorectal cancer with liver metastases. “We do ...

Treatment of metastatic stage 4 colon cancer to the liver frequently involves starting with systemic chemotherapy. Surgery to resect primary ...

How to select patients for metastatic liver cancer resection? “What really matters is biology of metastatic stage 4 colon cancer ...

How good is survival of stage 4 colorectal cancer patients today? What are important factors in cure of patients with ...

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What will future bring to colorectal cancer screening? 1.4 million people get diagnosed with colon cancer or rectal cancer every ...

Virtual colonoscopy is a CT scan of the abdomen. How often does CT colonography find cancers outside large bowel? What ...

Virtual colonoscopy procedure overview. What are most important factors in finding colorectal cancer early? How to find the best CT ...

Polyps in large bowel grow for many years before they become cancer. How big a polyp can grow before it ...

What is time interval between two consecutive colon cancer screenings? Is it best to alternate virtual colonoscopy with flexible sigmoidoscopy ...

What is the ideal method for colon cancer screening? What is the best interval between colorectal cancer screenings? How virtual ...

Preparation for CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) is easier than preparation for regular colonoscopy procedure. How does patient experience during CT ...

What is the best method to find precancerous lesions in large bowel? How virtual colonoscopy compare with regular colonoscopy in ...

Virtual colonoscopy or regular colonoscopy (traditional optical colonoscopy)? Which colorectal cancer screening method has the advantage? When virtual colonoscopy is ...

Leading gastrointestinal radiologist and virtual colonoscopy screening expert discusses CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy). What exactly is virtual colonoscopy? How does ...

Dr. Pickhardt is Professor of Radiology and Chief of Gastrointestinal Imaging at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Dr. Pickhardt's ...

Colostomy is a common option for patients with rectal cancer. But today anal function preservation is possible in more than ...

Resection of liver to treat primary or metastatic liver tumor is important. What are the best liver cancer treatment options? ...

here are many options for treatment of liver and lung metastases in colorectal cancer. When to use Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) ...

Which patients are best candidates for minimally invasive rectal cancer surgery? What is video-assisted transanal surgery (TEVA)? How to choose ...

Preserving sexual function after rectal cancer surgery is very important. Urinary bladder function preservation is also important in rectal cancer ...

Surgeon is the most important prognosis factor in cancer treatment. How to select the best surgeon? What best surgeon should ...

Choosing the correct surgeon for colorectal cancer surgical treatment is very important. What are the most important factors in colorectal ...

Dr. Christoph Maurer is a leading gastrointestinal cancer surgeon from Switzerland. Dr. Christoph Maurer is professor and consultant surgeon. He ...

Colon cancer treatment advances in precision medicine era: “In next few years we will do full molecular profiling of the ...

EGFR inhibitors in colon cancer treatment. Examples of EGFR inhibitors are cetuximab (Erbitux) and panitumumab (Vectibix). They are most effective ...

New chemotherapy options for Stage 4 metastatic colon cancer: TAS-102 (Lonsurf) is effective in advanced colon cancer treatment. TAS-102 is ...

“I think we are living in a very interesting time for colon cancer treatment. Today I think I can cure ...

Colon cancer stem cells (tumor initiating cells) are the culprits when metastatic stage 4 colon cancer treatment fails. “So we ...

Both genetic profile of colon cancer tumor AND genetic makeup of the patient are important in treatment plan selection. Modern ...

“Liquid biopsy” for metastatic colon cancer diagnostics and treatment monitoring in real time. What is liquid biopsy? Why circulating tumor ...

Immunotherapy in colorectal cancer can help a select group of patients. “BRAF, microsatellite instability (MSI), KRAS and NRAS molecular tumor ...

Recent progress in colon cancer tumor mutations profiling. Up to 500 tumor mutations are now tested, including KRAS, NRAS, BRAF ...

New chemotherapy for colon cancer - targeted drugs. Antibodies that target the angiogenic pathway - Ramucirumab (IMC 1121B, Cyramza) and ...

“It's very important to realize that colon cancer is really different from any other metastatic solid tumors. The goal of ...

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Leading colorectal cancer expert from Oxford discusses trends and progress of colon cancer treatment. “We will see wider adoption of ...

Aspirin can be used to prevent relapse in colorectal cancer after initial treatment. When to use aspirin for Stage 2 ...

Stage 2 colorectal cancer therapy: 40% of patients with Stage 2 / Dukes B colon cancer do not benefit from ...

Toxicity prediction in colorectal cancer treatment. Colorectal cancer gene profiling helps to identify patients who will likely experience significant toxicity ...

Growing number of colorectal cancer tumor markers guides precision medicine treatment. Which are the most important tumor biomarkers in colon ...

Leading colorectal cancer expert from Oxford discusses targeted chemotherapy progress in colorectal cancer treatment. Going from 5-fluorouracil to anti-angiogenesis medications ...

Treatment of colorectal cancer has made large progress in last 10 years. What are best treatment options for patients with ...

Leading colorectal cancer expert from Oxford discusses recent advances in colon cancer molecular diagnostics, precision medicine treatment and prevention. We ...

What are important trends in cancer treatment today? Why patients should know and follow these best cancer treatment practices? Leading ...

Why Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) of medical specialists is crucial for successful treatment of cancer today? Every patient with cancer has ...

Patients must become true consumers of healthcare. “Patients will demand a lot of information, they will demand to come to ...

"We now live in personalized medicine era. Cancer patients are getting more aware of how cancer should be treated. Cancer ...

What rectal cancer treatment methods will be available to patients in the future? What are most important trends in cancer ...

How to reduce local recurrence of rectal cancer further? Where to treat locally recurrent rectal cancer? Locally recurrent rectal cancer ...

What are colostomy alternatives after rectal cancer surgery? When colostomy is a better choice for rectal cancer patient? When permanent ...

Preoperative staging of rectal cancer is crucial for surgical treatment strategy. Staging of rectal cancer is also key to radiotherapy ...

When radiation therapy is required for rectal cancer treatment? When radiotherapy is not required? How to combine radiation therapy with ...

Leading Swedish rectal cancer surgeon discusses rectal cancer surgical treatment. What surgery method can reduce risk of rectal cancer recurrence? ...

How to find best surgeon for colorectal cancer treatment? Leading Swedish rectal cancer surgeon discusses rectal cancer surgical treatment. Surgeon ...

Rectal cancer symptoms and signs. Rectal bleeding (bleeding from anus) and change in bowel habits is a reason for concern ...

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Dr. C. Richard Boland is a leading gastroenterologist and colon cancer expert in the US. He wrote a book about ...

Colon cancer screening by non-invasive methods is important. New sensitive colon cancer tumor marker is found. Identification of micro-RNA in ...

Cancer prevention is best cancer treatment. New sensitive colon cancer tumor marker is found. It is called miR-21 micro-RNA. It ...

How to select chemotherapy for each individual patient? What is the best combination of medications to beat cancer forever? This ...

Current sequential chemotherapy in so-called "lines" is ineffective and outdated. Leading cancer genetics expert talks about new approach to choose ...

Curcumin reduces inflammation. Curcumin has many effects on human cells. How does curcumin prevent colon cancer formation? Colon cancer risk ...

Is there a link between viral infection and colorectal cancer? Can common viruses increase risk for colon cancer? Can vaccine ...

Inflammation increases risk of many cancers. How ulcerative colitis affects risk for colon cancer? How does inflammation reduce risk of ...

Leading Colorectal Cancer Expert on latest trends in colon and rectal cancer treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors. How to select ...

What is microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer tumor? What microsatellite instability means for prognosis? How to select best chemotherapy for ...

How epigenetic changes can predict cancer prognosis? How micro RNA can help select personalized therapy for colorectal cancer? Leading colorectal ...

Mutations in tumors receive most attention when we talk about precision medicine. But other type of genetic alterations in tumors ...

How early is an "early onset colon cancer"? How to prevent hereditary colon cancer is current generation of family members? ...

Are you concerned that colon cancer might run in your family? How age of onset of colorectal cancer tells possible ...

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