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Doctors have learned a lot over the past decade about how to treat colon cancer. But given that it strikes 130,000 Americans each year, there's surprisingly little research about the best way to monitor a patient's condition after his or her tumor has been removed. The goal, of course, is to catch any metastasis, or spreading of the original cancer, while it is still small and treatable. To do that, physicians rely on everything from blood tests to computerized X rays, or C.T. scans, to detect new tumors in the liver and lungs, among other places. Unfortunately...
That uncertainty may be getting cleared up. Last week a panel of experts from the American Society of Clinical Oncology published the first scientifically based guidelines for monitoring the return of colon cancer. The report, which is based on a review of 20 years of data, is bound to stir up controversy, however, because it suggests a minimalist approach for patients with no new symptoms. Doctors must always ask themselves whether a given test will do their patients any good, says Dr. Al Benson, the panel's co-chair and a medical oncologist at Northwestern University in Chicago. After...
First, a note of caution. The new guidelines are a work in progress and should not supersede your doctor's best judgment. Nor do they apply if you are participating in a clinical trial or have been diagnosed with hereditary colon cancer...
CANCER CHECK-UP If you're 50 or over, don't forget to get screened for colon cancer. A new 20-year study shows that yearly screenings can reduce colon-cancer deaths by a third. The test is simple--even for the squeamish: a small stool sample is placed on a card and analyzed for blood...
...Lung & bronchus 90,900 2 Prostate 37,000 3 Colon & rectum 27,800 4 Pancreas 13,900 5 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma...