Early Mayo Clinic study finds hope for stem cell therapy for perianal fistulas in Crohn’s disease patients
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Dissolvable plug enables stem cell therapy with few side effects for single-tube patients perianal fistula, mayo clinic discovered by researchers. Perianal fistulas are painful tunnels between the intestines and skin that often do not go away with standard medical or surgical treatments.person who has crohn’s disease or other inflammatory bowel disease Who […]
Study finds black patients with metastatic colorectal cancer have different genetic mutations than white patients
January 16, 2024 In a study of more than 500 people who received standard treatments for advanced colorectal cancer, researchers at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center found that black patients showed distinctly different patterns of genetic mutations compared to white patients. reported. This finding may reflect environmental exposures common in colorectal cancers that occur […]
Women with HIV have three times the risk of cervical cancer, finds in large South African study
A South African study of more than 500,000 women found that despite very high antiretroviral coverage, HIV-infected women had approximately 30% lower incidence of cervical cancer than non-HIV women. It was shown to be twice as high. As reported in international cancer journalHIV-infected women developed cervical cancer at a younger age than other women. HIV […]
Study finds that tumor debulking does not affect quality of life in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
New research in October 2023 issue JNCCN-;National Comprehensive Cancer Network Journal In addition to standard systemic therapy, intensive local treatment to remove as much tumor as possible (known as “debulking”) can have a significant impact on the overall quality of life of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. I discovered that it doesn’t give. Researchers looked […]