…National Cancer Institute. In March 2019, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center announced the launch of the Young Onset Colorectal Cancer Center, which focuses exclusively on the care of colorectal cancer…
Pancreatic cancer isn’t as common as some other cancers, but it is somewhat renowned for being difficult to treat. Symptoms usually don’t show up until the cancer has grown to…
…higher risk of gastrointestinal tract bleeding, the potential benefit of preventing cancer is likely outweighed by the risk. Data supporting aspirin and lower cancer risk / improved cancer outcome There…
…the links between exercise and cancer recurrence and overall survival have been reported for patients with breast and colorectal cancer, though increasingly other cancer types are also being studied. A…
…are cancers from glandular tissue. Other cancer types that can occur in the colon include carcinoid tumors, small cell carcinomas, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). An image of colon cancer, with cancer cells…
…MD, MPH, Clinical Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. “However, colorectal incidence in younger patients has grown over past decade and we are hopeful that earlier…
…abnormalities that could lead to cervical cancer, colonoscopies to find early signs of colorectal cancer, and imaging scans for lung cancer in people with a history of heavy smoking. Short-term…
…have identified inherited BRCA2 mutations in approximately 1 to 4 percent of pancreatic cancer cases, according to Sahar Nissim, MD, PhD, of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment Center at Dana-Farber Cancer…
…life. Is breast cancer different in younger people? While breast cancer can take variety of forms, the most common type in young people is ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, just like…
Communities of color, particularly Black Americans, have long faced health disparities and a disproportionate burden of cancer. Colorectal cancer is no exception. Colorectal cancer occurs at a higher rate in…
…vulnerable to PD-L1 or PD-1 inhibitors include non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), head and neck cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, and some gastrointestinal cancers, including gastric cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma….
What is metastatic breast cancer? Metastatic breast cancer (also referred to as advanced stage or stage IV breast cancer) is breast cancer that has spread (or metastasized) from the breast…
…Gastrointestinal Cancer Center and Hale Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, he’s also constantly thinking about how new research could improve outcomes for patients with gastrointestinal cancer in the future. “We…
…and poorer outcomes in cancer care and treatment. These inequities are called cancer disparities. The causes “are complex and reflect social and economic disparities and cultural differences that affect cancer…
…disparities in childhood cancer Kira Bona, MD, MPH, studies how poverty affects outcomes in children with cancer who are treated in clinical trials. Because cancer is much rarer in children…
…of the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; and cancer prevention and disparities expert Electra Paskett, PhD, Marion N. Rowley professor of cancer research in the…
…of human cancer genomes over the past decade has demystified the genetics of cancer. We now have a blueprint of cancer genes in every type of cancer and information about…
…MPH, clinical director of the Dana-Farber Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment Center. “We have very good data that shows screening prevents disease and saves lives.” With March marking Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month,…
…specialist in Dana-Farber’s Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment Center and in the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention Center. Pancreatic cancer, which is often deadly, is diagnosed in about 53,000 people in…
…Cancer Center, who has studied the relationship of exercise and colorectal cancer risk. In a 2006 study, he and Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH, director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, reported…