Childhood obesity is a growing health concern worldwide, affecting millions of children every year. It occurs when a child’s ...

In cancers, the proximal and distal regions of the colon have a tendency to house different gene mutations, explains senior study author Hariharan Easwaran, Ph.D., an associate professor of ...

A significantly reduced risk of distal colon cancer was noted in women only with increasing intake of dairy products and of milk. Among men and women taking vitamin and mineral supplements for more ...

The participants were diagnosed with colon cancer between 2000 and 2019 and a check in on their condition was conducted at an average of 4.2 years later.

Analysis of the unweighted UniFrac principal coordinate analysis vector 2 revealed a strong association with distal colon cancer (HR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.12-1.49), explaining 6.3% of the variability ...

In proximal colon stem cells, silencing CDX2 allowed BRAF mutations to drive tumor initiation in the stem cells, whereas in the distal colon, silencing CDX2 did not yield much change.

Lambrinos, G., et al. (2022) Neuropilin 2 Is a Novel Regulator of Distal Colon Contractility. American Journal Of Pathology. doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2022.07.013.

Eating yogurt regularly may reduce risk of colon cancer, a study finds By Maria Godoy (NPR) Feb. 17, 2025 7:42 a.m.

People younger than 55 accounted for 20% of colon cancers in 2019, up from just 11% in 1995. Oncologists have been keeping an eye on the steady increase in younger patients, but the report shows ...