by CyberKnife Miami | Dec 30, 2024 | Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
“I think I went into shock,” is how actor James Van Der Beek, 47, describes waking up from his colonoscopy last summer and being told he had colon cancer in a People magazine article. “I’d always associated cancer with age and with unhealthy, sedentary lifestyles. But...
by CyberKnife Miami | Sep 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
One in 22 men and one in 24 women will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, a cancer of the colon or rectum that is located in the lower end of the digestive tract at some point in their lives. Depending on the size, location, and stage of the cancer, patients have a...
by CyberKnife Miami | Mar 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
A study led by American Cancer Society researchers finds that new cases of colon cancer and rectal cancer are occurring at an increasing rate among young and middle-aged adults in the US. Once age is taken into account, those born in 1990 have double the risk of...
by CyberKnife Miami | Mar 29, 2014 | Colon Cancer
DNA ANALYSIS OF STOOL BOOSTS ACCURACY RATE OF COLOGUARD TO MORE THAN 90 PERCENT, RESEARCHERS SAY FRIDAY, March 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A panel of U.S. Food and Drug Administration experts on Thursday unanimously recommended approval of a new at-home stool...