Colon Cancer Archives

No link seen between antibiotics and colorectal cancer in younger adults

October 3, 2024

Large Kaiser Permanente study suggests adult use of antibiotics is not tied to increase in colorectal cancer diagnoses seen in adults under 50.

Podcast: Colorectal cancer in older adults

September 3, 2024

KP Research Radio takes a look at new study findings that can help older adults and their physicians determine when to stop colorectal cancer surveillance.

5 Questions for . . . Melisa Wong

August 5, 2024

For this physician and research scientist, a childhood loss led to a career focused on improving cancer care for older adults.

Reduced death rate from colorectal cancer with FIT screening

July 25, 2024

An analysis of Kaiser Permanente patients in California found a 33% reduced risk of dying of colorectal cancer for those taking at least one fecal immunochemical test (FIT) screening.

Some patients delay colonoscopy after positive fecal test

May 24, 2024

Kaiser Permanente study finds that 7.4% of patients who had a positive colorectal cancer screening test had a second test rather than a colonoscopy.

Patients with low muscle quantity and quality are at higher risk of surgery complications

April 10, 2024

Computed tomography (CT) scans required prior to surgery contain information about patient frailty that can be used to identify the patients at highest risk for surgical complications, new Kaiser Permanente research shows.

National Cancer Institute selects Kaiser Permanente for new Cancer Screening Research Network

February 21, 2024

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, selected Kaiser Permanente Northern California as one of the institutions to launch a new national clinical trials network to evaluate emerging technologies for cancer screening.

Improving care for patients with advanced cancer

January 3, 2024

Specialized prompts integrated into patients’ electronic medical records can improve how medical oncologists discuss and document treatment goals for their advanced cancer patients, new Kaiser Permanente research shows.

5 Questions for . . . Theodore R. “T. R.” Levin

August 11, 2022

Kaiser Permanente research scientist and TPMG physician leads award-winning colorectal cancer screening program.

Cancer biopsy during colonoscopy doesn’t start new tumors

May 26, 2022

Kaiser Permanente clinical research finds patients who have a site biopsied after a suspected cancer is biopsied are not more likely to develop a second cancer.

Exercise and diet key in new, updated guideline for cancer survivors

March 16, 2022

Kaiser Permanente research scientists Lawrence H. Kushi, ScD, and Bette Caan, DrPH, contribute to new American Cancer Society survivorship guideline.

Podcast: Telemedicine can improve cancer care

March 9, 2022

KP Research Radio explores how oncologists used phone and video appointments to expand care options for cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colorectal cancer screening program erases disparities in outcomes

February 23, 2022

Regional program eliminated disparities in colorectal cancer death rates between Black and white members in Kaiser Permanente Northern California.

Potential method to help assess prognosis for metastatic colorectal cancer discovered

November 29, 2021

Kaiser Permanente study led by Minggui Pan, MD, PhD, and Laurel Habel, PhD, suggests ties among mutation type, tumor location, and survival.

Kaiser Permanente researcher will co-lead $32.7 million colorectal cancer screening study

October 1, 2021

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute-funded study will be co-led by research scientist and gastroenterologist Theodore R. Levin, MD, and focus on older adults with low-risk polyps.

Reducing deaths from colorectal cancer

March 26, 2021

KP Research Radio speaks with research scientist and gastroenterologist Jeffrey K. Lee, MD, MAS, about the studies that led to Kaiser Permanente’s successful screening program.

New study data suggests revising heart disease management guidelines for colon cancer survivors

May 16, 2019

“This study demonstrates the importance at every BMI level of having more precise measures of muscle and fat to help identify those patients who are at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease,” said co-author Bette J. Caan, DrPH.

“I Owe My Life to the Test”

March 20, 2019

Coinciding with Colon Cancer Awareness Month (March), Kaiser Permanente Northern California received the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable’s prestigious “80% by 2018” National Achievement Award, in recognition of screening rates over 83 percent for colorectal cancer.

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