Colon Cancer Research

Question: What corporation is involved with the colon cancer gene research?

Answer: Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. PO Box 1570 Belleville, Ontario K8N 5J2 Canada Tel: (613) 9668058 Fax: (613)9664177 Bioniche Life Sciences Inc presented data from a study using the company's proprietary Mycobacterial Cell Wall-DNA Complex (MCC) against peritoneal (colon) cancer in rats. The data was presented at the 7th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer in Barcelona, Spain. The study, co-authored by Dr Nigel C Phillips, Chief Scientific Officer and Dr Mario C Filion, Head of Biomedical Research at Bioniche Life Sciences, evaluated the in vitro activity of MCC against DHD/K12/PROb cells, and the in vivo activity of MCC against DHD/K12/PROb peritoneal carcinomatosis in rats. Dr Filion stated that MCC has direct anticancer activity against PROb cells, as demonstrated by its ability to inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis. Dr Phillips added that repeated intraperitoneal injection of MCC was well tolerated in non-cancer bearing animals. Significant anticancer activity was seen following tumour cell injection and subsequent treatment with MCC (greater than 350% increase in median survival time at day 200) with substantially more treated animals surviving when compared to the control treated animals. Anticancer activity continues to be maintained at day 278 (greater than 480% increase in media survival time), demonstrating the ability of MCC to induce long-duration remission of disease. Bioniche Life Sciences Inc is a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary products for human and animal health markets worldwide.

Question: I'm doin a research paper on colon cancer im just wondering if there any good books that will help me?

Answer: check out this research group....someone one the message board might be able to help http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/

Question: What are some possible titles for a research paper with the topic colon cancer?

Answer: "It Hurts When I Laugh" "Gut Check" Earf!

Question: Is it possbile to have colon cancer at 16 years old? After my last question, someone suggested that I might have colon cancer. I researched it and on About.com, I have 6 out of the 10 symptoms for it. I am a 16 year old male. Is it possible that I have colon cancer?

Answer: It is highly unlikely as colon cancer is a very slow growing cancer, so generally is something that much much older people get. A lot of the same symptoms for colon cancer can also be from other types of illness and conditions, like irritable bowel syndrome which can cause either constipation or diarrhea, and a lot of gas and bloating, cramps and abdominal pain. (i have this condition) , also, there is colitis, which is a chronic condition of an inflamed colon, which causes similar symptoms.

Question: If you are a PhD student doing research on a particular cancer, will you take taught courses on other cancers? I have been accepted for a PhD course and I will do research on colon cancer. Will I take taught courses on the colon cancer and other cancers or I will not take taught courses at all? If I will not take taught courses on other colon and other cancers how can I become a lecturer and give lectures?!

Answer: Congrats! If you don't have a masters yet, you'll be taking courses in the general field - whatever department you've been accepted to. For example, I'm doing a PhD in high energy astrophysics, but it's part of the physics dept so I took courses in electricity, magnetism, quantum mechanics, general relativity, etc - not necessarily the stuff I'm working on, but the stuff anyone with my intended degree (physics) should know. If you have a masters, or after you finish the masters work, it's all research from there, on your particular topic.

Question: What causes colon cancer? Websites please!? I am doing a research paper on colon cancer and I need specific causes of colon cancer. Also history of the cancer. So like when it was originally diagnosed and by whom.

Answer: Good resources for locating this information includes: MedlinePlus: Colon cancer http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000262.htm NCI: Colon cancer treatment options http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/colon/patient Wikipedia: Colorectal cancer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_cancer Colon Cancer Facts to Know http://www.thehealthpages.com/articles/ar-colon.html good luck.

Question: What is the best food for combating existing colon cancer? So far based on my research, I think it is blueberries.

Answer: I am not sure about simple food, but in the lab of our collaborators people are testing a lot of extracts from natural products for their to reduce inflammation and colon cancer (it is mainly prevention, but you never know!). These are extracts from : apples, olive oil, gingseng, curcumin (a spice found in curry) and berries. I think it is better to rely on medicines, though, as you would need tons of these foods to achieve the same result!

Question: why does bacon cause colon cancer? according to the world cancer research fund Every 1.7 ounces of processed meat consumed a day increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 21%. http://www.dietandcancerreport.org

Answer: You don't actually link to the research you mention. The causes of cancer are not known. A diet HIGH in red and processed meat is a risk factor for colon cancer, it is not a cause. Cause and risk factor are not the same thing. Insurance companies treat 'being male' as a risk factor for having a car crash, but being male doesn't actually cause car crashes. And never having had children is a risk factor for breast cancer, but it isn't a cause - most women who never have children don't get breast cancer. If you consume a lot of bacon, you increase your risk of colon cancer

Question: Recent cancer research at Immunomedics (IMMU) is very interesting. Know of other cancer research? IMMU has studied how cancer migrates from the colon to the liver. Another company, Cytogen (CYTO), has some interesting research, yet both IMMU and CYTO aren't in the headlines. Maybe their line of investigation is unortohdox.

Answer: Australian-developed vaccine prevents cervical cancer A major international trial has confirmed the effectiveness of a cervical cancer vaccine developed in Australia. The vaccine was created by Professor Ian Frazer, who is from Brisbane's Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research. Trials on 12,000 women from 13 countries, which have been sponsored by US drug company Merck, show the treatment is 100 per cent effective in preventing the most common form of cervical cancer. The vaccine works by blocking two strains of the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes up to 70 per cent of cervical cancers. Dr Eliav Barr, from Merck research laboratories, says more than 50 per cent of women will become infected with HPV at some point during their lives. "Not all HPV infections are dangerous, most go away by itself," he said. "But some HPV types, specifically the cancer-causing HPV types, can lead to cervical cancer." The vaccine is one of two being trialed to prevent the disease, which causes more than 280,000 deaths each year worldwide. "This trial confirms that a vaccine can give young women a high level of protection from developing precancerous lesions and early cervical cancers," said Laura Koutsky, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington, who led the study. Merck, which licensed the vaccine technology from Australian blood products and vaccine developer CSL Ltd, plans to seek US approval for the cancer vaccine, which is called Gardasil. Merck, whose earnings plunged after the withdrawal last year of its Vioxx arthritis drug, is partnering its vaccine in Europe with Sanofi-Aventis. Half the women in the Phase III trial received three doses of Gardasil over a six-month period, while the other women received placebos. The women were then followed for an average of 17 months. Gardasil is slated to compete with GlaxoSmithKline Plc's experimental Cervarix cervical cancer vaccine, which targets the same two cancer-causing virus types, but is expected to be approved later than the Merck product.

Question: IP Chemotherapy and Colon Cancer? I am a 33 Year old Female- I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer last month. The Oncologist is saying that IP Chemotherapy is the best option at this point. I've had the right half of my colon removed, (which included the baseball sized tumor) 18 lymph nodes (of which 8 were cancerous) my appendix and my omentum fat (both cancerous as well) and the surgeon spotted many cancerous nodules on the inside of my abdominal wall. I was trying to find information on how effective IP chemo is on Signet Ring Cell Mucinous Adenocarcinoma. Or at least research on IP chemo with colon cancer? Everything I'm finding is about IP chemo with ovarian cancer. thanks!

Answer: Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy is performed by surgically implanting a line into the patient for delivery of liquid chemo drugs directly to the abdominal area. You need to find out what chemo drug(s) will be administered and on what schedule via the IP process. Then you can look up the drug names within the colon cancer section of the Merck Manual or other resource to learn about drug efficacy (effectiveness). Link to Merck Manual below. Best wishes.

Question: Would an abdominal and pelvic CT scan detect colon cancer and/or signs of inflammatory bowel disease? I've had quite extensive testing --everything short of a colonoscopy-- to try to diagnose the cause of persistent abdominal pain that started just under my right ribcage and radiating toward my back. Sometimes there's nausea and pain is more diffuse throughout my abdomen. I've had an ultrasound, abdominal CT scan, an upper endoscopy, blood tests, fecal blood tests, and a HIDA scan for the gallbladder. All normal. At my wit's end. I'm wondering if it's something like Colon cancer or inflammatory bowel disease, which I understand from my research requires a colonoscopy to accurately diagnoses. Yet when I bring this point up to my doctor and to my gastroenterologist, they feel the test is unnecessary given the CT scan and other tests already done. Who is right?

Answer: Have the colonoscopy done because that will rule out any cancer or any other medical problem. I know that the thought of having the colonoscopy done is awful but I just had it done and it was actually the easiest test I have ever had done. You are asleep and it is over very quickly. I put off having one done and went through 3 abdominal surgeries before I had the procedure done. I wish I had done it first. Find a doctor that agrees with you about having the test done. Look for a colon specialist because they will understand how you feel and why you want the test done.

Question: Stage III colon cancer? I have a friend who was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer a few months ago. From what I was told, she started out on chemo and it stopped working so they put her on radiation. She told me a couple of weeks ago that it spread to her lymph nodes behind the ear and her chin and they were putting her on chemo. Things don't seem to be adding up when I do my research and she doesn't want to seem to talk about it. Are there any professionals out there or someone who has been thru this who can shed some light? I thought stage III meant that it had ALREADY spread to the lymph nodes and at this stage, surgery should be done along with chemo treatments afterwards. Please advise and thank you. Very concerned friend Thanks everyone. You're right, she doesnt like to talk about things. Everytime I try, she says "I'll be ok". I dont know anything about this disease and trying to educate myself on it for her sake. She always says things will be fine and that made me feel she's getting better. I guess there's a very high chance that she really wont recover and she's covering that up.

Answer: Firstly why the doctors stopped the initial Chemotherapy treatment cycles. They should not have stopped. No the position seem to be worrying. Anyway I suggest you not to loose heart and have the Surgery and other treatments. Apart from having Faith in God please have full faith on your Oncologist who is treating your friend and be with her and give all courage. From what you have stated we can not assess or give any suggestion and it is only your Oncologist can do whatever he can. You should not at any rate stop treatments and you have to continue in full, putting up all side effects, as CANCER IS STILL AN ENIGMA-

Question: hemorrhoids or colon cancer? Terrible subject, but the doctor's office can't see me until next friday... Here are my symptoms: A lump on the outside of my anus... pain and discomfort, slight itchiness, red blood when i wipe (but not much).. also for some reason when i wake up every morning i have blood stains on my underwear. Ever since the blood stains started the pain has gone down. I'm worried it's cancer, my father and grandfather from my mother's side had cancer, never colon cancer however. I should mention that the lump came when i held my poop for a little while and then used the restroom. Everything i research points towards hemorrhoid.. minus the large amounts of blood at night. please don't suggest to go to a doctor, i'm already waiting on that. Thanks in advance. I am a 22-year-old male 6 foot tall no medical condtitions previosuly

Answer: Hi, Hemorrhoids do not cause colon cancer. The problem arises when colon cancer patients thought that they had hemorrhoids when in fact they were seeing the early signs of cancer. You have to be aware that the symptoms are easy to get mixed up. Most of us don't like going to the doctor for our colon problems, so we make up excuses or try to rationalize that our symptoms are nothing to be concerned about. This can be dangerous and has in many cases lead to people not getting themselves checked out and later found out that they had colon cancer. If something like this is going on in your life, don't hesitate to get it checked out. It is better that you go to the doctor and suffer slight embarrassment instead of finding out that it was colon cancer all along. Here are a few warning signs that you should look out for if you're concerned about colon or rectal cancer: Abdominal pain that persists, Blood in your stool, Constipation that doesn't go away, Excessive gas, Fatigue, Sudden and unexplained change in your bowel habits, Thin stools

Question: Is a healthy Colon important to you? Here's a heath tip.....Adding cauliflower florets to your weekly diet may give you an extra measure of colon protection. Research has shown that a natural compound found in cauliflower may inhibit the propagation of cancer cells in the colon. Be sure to skip the cheese sauce with the cauliflower, because it is loaded with saturated fats. Instead, steam the cauliflower and spice it up with olive oil and lemon or use low-fat yogurt for dipping raw cauliflower ....do you have any health tips I might not know but should?

Answer: I have a colon disease so yes it is very important to me. I have something called diverticulitis and it's very pain full, so my tip to you would be never let yourself be constipated, eat plenty of fiber, and stay away from eating to many little seeds. This condition is incurable without surgery. The colon should be important to everyone I wish I would have known sooner.

Question: colon cancer or something else? I have somne tingling pain in my stomach(lower left side), its not pain but very discomforting , been feeling like that or 1 week, Also I noticed some blood in stool, bright red , 3-4 time never happend faterwards, i am 26, male,No other symptoms, excellent health, got checked up last year with no symptoms, now I did some research and worried that I may be cancer, when I touch that area with hands where i have pain, i cant fell any lump or tumor or pain other wise, I am indian-american origin, amily have no cancer history or any other desase what so ever.i run a lot and even with these symptoms my stamina is excellent as ever, stool are perfect and timily, please shed some light.thanks

Answer: why would you ask this online instead of going to the doctor?

Question: There is blood when I poo.. ive read it could be anything from hemmroids to colon cancer. Help!? For some reason Ive never quite pooped "right". I always would take a longer while to get it all out. Back before everything described below happened, it would take maybe 20-30 minutes to get everything out and be done. Ill give you a quick history of my poop paterns lately... A month or so ago I had to poo after everything I ate. Anytime my stomach got some food in it, it would become very upset and I had to poo quickly after, many times being diareha. This went on for 2-3 days. Then after that was gone, it became very hard to poo. I would have to strain to get it out, and after a while it became VERY VERY painful to poop.. every time I had to poo I would expect going through hell again. I had to resort to a laxative for a couple days, and then I increased my fiber diet and began drinking more liquids, but that only helped a little. Now, I am still eating more fiber and liquids, but I still have to strain when I poo. It doesnt hurt as much as it did before, but it is still a little painful. The poo was green for maybe no more than a week, but recently it is not. Now there is a decent amount of blood when I poo (there was blood a little before, but not enough to be notable or significant). The blood will first come out on end part (or the beginning part? cant tell) of the poop, and then I wipe just to see if the blood will show on the toilet paper and it does (bright red). I wipe a few more times in hopes to "clean up" the blood. The first wipe has a bunch of blood on it... enough to cover a good amount of the toilet paper wad, but not enough to make it dripping with blood or anything. With the second wipe, the blood is mixed with feces. It maybe takes 3-4 more wipes to get all the blood off. After researching online, my first thought was hemmroids caused by my straining. But I just checked in a mirror (about 20 mins after I pooed) and I didnt spot any blood or veins coming out (though it is a bit hard to see past the hair). So what could it be? I went to WebMD and selected all the "bleeding" options in the rectum section and it gave me 20 results ranging from hemmroids to colon cancer. I dont know which one of these many things it is.... HELP!!

Answer: Blood down there, that's not good. From what you have describe it could be just like you guessed it. Hemorrhoids! Don't be afraid, you just have to get the correct diagnose from your doctor. If it is Hemorrhoids, the doctor will put you on some form of adult suppositories for over a week. *if blood is still present even with treatment there are more invasive procedure that the doctor might order like a colonoscopy.