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Headline Colon Cancer News 
Following Lifestyle Recommendations Reduces Risk of Cancer Death
People who follow the diet and lifestyle recommendations laid out by the WCRF and the AICR have a 20 percent reduced risk of dying from cancer.
UCSF Launches Social Networking Site for Patients and Families with Hereditary Cancers
For Immediate Release May 14, 2013 UCSF Launches Social Networking Site...
Second Large Study Confirms Oncotype DX Can Predict Recurrence in Stage 2 Colon Cancer
Oncotype DX Recurrence Score can predict recurrence in stage II colon cancer.
Colon Cancer Tips
Living Wills Every competent adult has, in most cases, the freedom to accept or refuse...
What is Caregiving and Who are Caregivers? Caregivers are individuals who provide...
Cancer navigators offer patients with colon cancer guidance as they find their way...
Colon Cancer Management
Inspiration, Hope & Resources
The Colon Club Meet an organization defined by out-of-the-box projects that inspire lifesaving...
C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition Empowering Advocates and Pushing for a Cure by Diana Price Kate Murphy, director...
Care Is Just a Call Away The Colorectal CareLine: Providing Comprehensive Service to Patients in Times of...
Colon Cancer Clinical Trials
E5204 – Intergroup Randomized Phase III Study of Postoperative Oxaliplatin, 5-Fluorouracil and Leucovorin vs Oxaliplatin, 5-Fluorouracil, Leucovorin and Bevacizumab for Patients with Stage II or III Rectal Cancer Receiving Pre-operative chemoradiation
CTSUE5202 – A randomized phase III clinical trial comparing 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), Leucovorin, Oxaliplatin (mFOLFOX6) and Bevacizumab in patients with stage II colon cancer at high risk for recurrence to determine prospectively the prognostic value of molecular markers.
07-141 – A Multi-center, Open-label, Randomized, Phase 2 Clinical Trial Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of FOLFIRI with Either Panitumumab or Bevacizumab as a Second-line Treatment in Subjects with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer




