Health Watch | Study: Aspirin cuts colorectal cancer recurrence in half

Title: Study: Aspirin cuts colorectal cancer recurrence in half

Article Snip: "...The study included more than 3,500 patients with colon and rectal cancer from dozens of hospitals in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Patients whose tumors showed a specific genetic mutation in the PIK3CA signaling pathway. The mutation, according to Medical Xpress, was found in approximately 40% of patients. Those patients were randomly chosen to receive either 160 mg of aspirin daily or a placebo for three years after surgery. ...For patients with the genetic mutation in PIK3, the risk of recurrence was reduced by 55% in those who received aspirin compared with the placebo group."

Reference: www.newsnationnow.com
Health Watch, Aspirin cuts colorectal cancer recurrence (Study),Colorectal Cancer,

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Health | Colorectal cancer is rising among young adults — could this diet be to blame?

Title: Colorectal cancer is rising among young adults — could this diet be to blame?

Article Snip: "The OSU researchers lay blame on Fusobacterium, a bacteria commonly found in the mouth that is suspected of fueling colorectal cancer growth. Other cancer scientists have also explored the bacteria’s ties to colorectal cancer. “Microbes are manipulatable — you can target them. So [as] we see that this microbe is getting to tumors and may be contributing actively to disease progression...20% of new colorectal cancer cases in 2019 were in people younger than 55, up from 11% in 1995, according to the American Cancer Society. ..."

Reference: nypost.com
Colorectal cancer

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