Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers in the United States, but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed. “Colon cancer ...

You're nosing around your farmer's market in the fall when you spot it: a root vegetable that you don't recognize. It looks kind of like a misshapen, gnarled turnip with protruding leaves, and its ...

Jon Desjardins, far left, is happy to be around for his family, thanks to successful treatment with immunotherapy after surgery for colorectal cancer. He joined a clinical trial led by Dr. Yelena ...

A group of Penn researchers found that a common blood pressure medicine can be used to prevent brain cancer cells from growing. After trying to understand how the drug, hydralazine, works at a ...

By building the right immune infrastructure inside tumors, we can potentiate the patient's own defenses-both T cell and B cell arms-against cancer growth, relapse, and metastasis." Masanobu Komatsu, ...

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MPNs involve overproduction of blood cells, while MDS results in poorly formed cells, affecting blood cell function and counts. Diagnosis requires blood tests, bone marrow biopsy, and genetic testing ...

Colon cancer is the second-deadliest cancer in the US, partly due to low screening rates. New and emerging screening tools, like blood and breath tests, may offer alternatives to in-office screenings.