WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Older patients with colon cancer are less likely to receive chemotherapy after surgery than younger people but have fewer serious side-effects when they do get the treatment, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. When older patients do receive the treatment, it tends to be at a less toxic dose and over a shorter period than younger patients receive ...

Despite huge advances in prevention and treatment, cancer is poised to become the leading cause of death worldwide as people refuse to ditch bad habits and the population ages, experts said Tuesday. In the United States, medical advances and education campaigns have helped slash the death rate from cancer by nearly 16 percent in 20 years, American Cancer Society epidemiologist ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Genetic tests designed to predict how well lung cancer patients will fare after treatment do very little to guide doctors, government researchers said on Tuesday. Their review of studies aiming to show a gene signature for lung tumors found serious problems in the design and analysis of the studies. Researchers need some clear guidelines to follow in what ...

Vitamin B6 appears to play a beneficial role in preventing colon cancer, a study published Tuesday concluded. Researchers led by Susanna Larsson of Sweden's National Institute of Environmental medicine traced the beneficial effects to pyridoxal-phosphate (PLP), the main active coenzyme form of vitamin B6. "Vitamin B6 intake and blood PLP levels were inversely related with the risk of colorectal ...