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Colorectal cancer (general) information on complaints, investigations, conventional treatments and effects

April 13, 2009: Cancer Information News. Summary report on current developments in colorectal cancers with addresses etc. Only for OPS members. Update April 13, 2009

Car vaccination in colon cancer. Oncovax gives significantly better result on survival, survival time and time to relapse in patients with darmkanker stadum II. However, no significant difference in colon cancer stage III. Unfortunately in 2007, producer of Intracel, Oncovax and hence Oncovax is declared bankrupt disappeared as a treatment for colon cancer. Article update 10 may 2012

Antineoplastontherapie Dr. Burzynski in addition to 5-FU in cancer patients with liver metastases indicates highly significant difference in survival five years. 39 percent in the control group compared with less than 91 percent in the antineoplastongroep

Radiotherapy - radiotherapy in cancer: an overview of major studies and articles

Bexarotene - an edited form of vitamin A given alongside chemotherapy shows promising results (73.8% 1 year survival) in gastrointestinal cancer, especially colon cancer and so galwegenkanker with metastases in the lungs, from Phase I study. Update July 16, 2010

Cemitidine (product name Tagamet-800), originally an inhibitor of gastric acid in stomach and colon cancer proves an effective cancer inhibitor to be spectacular.

Chinese herbs - Shenqui - in addition to RFA treatment of liver tumors provides significantly better results in every way: better quality of life, faster recovery after RFA treatment and most importantly a significantly better and longer survival. See under Chinese herbs in alphabetical list.

Dendritic celherapie in cancer: Dendritic cells and Newcastle virus in cancer patients with gastrointestinal cancer provides significantly better results in survival time thus randomized study in 335 patients.

Dendritic cell therapy and effect in cancer: Dendritic cell therapy in three separate laboratory studies prove positive impact on immunological responses and values might be important for metastatic cancer.

Dendritic cell therapy plus Newcastle virus provides significantly better results - longer survival - in metastatic cancer patients, according to long-term randomized study.

Diagnosis of colorectal cancer: FIT-Test - Fecal immuno-chemical test = test on stool is much more sensitive, more reliable (100%), but blood tests for early detection of cancer. Article posted in November 2006.

Diagnosis of colorectal cancer: Double Balloon enterological examination of small intestine gives new possibilities for diagnosis and treatment of bleeding and other abnormalities such as early cancer in the small intestine.

Diagnosis of colorectal cancer: M2-PK is an enzyme that occurs in the faeces - relief and the development / presence of bowel cancer predicted

Diagnosis of colorectal cancer: IOBT - FOB Test - immunochromatographic fecal occult blood test = stool test by FDA - is more sensitive, more reliable (100%), cheaper and less stressful for the patient in the screening and testing for colon cancer types, according to Yahoo two major studies and is recommended by the researchers as a standard procedure in the diagnosis of cancer types. Article posted September 2005

Diagnosis of colorectal cancer: Double Balloon enterological examination of small intestine standard now in use in the Netherlands so far ten hospitals including the VU Amsterdam and Rotterdam and Erasmus University Medical Center Utrecht.

Diagnosis of colorectal cancer - colonoscopy miss very often (approx. 42%), cancer of the appendix (appendix and appears unreliable for diagnosis of cancer. Article posted December 22, 2008

Erbitux - a monoclonal plea, if given irinotecan chemotherapy in addition to a significant positive outcome on survival in metastatic colorectal cancer, but only in cancer patients with KRAS wild gene mutation. Article updated April 13, 2009

Erbitux - Cetuximab shows no positive effect in addition to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer (FOLFOX regimen). Phase III trial is therefore broken. Erbitux does work in cancer patients with wild type KRAS, even without chemo. Article updated October 21, 2010

Erbitux - Cetuximab and / or panitumumab in colorectal cancer patients will only wild-type KRAS tumors with a positive clinical effect of 10% to 15%. In all other cases (40%) is Erbitux - Cetuximab and / or panitumumab.niet, when given alongside chemotherapy, this drug even negative effects such as shorter disease-free time, shorter median survival and more severe side effects. Article updated October 21, 2010.

Ethanol (PEI) and RFA - LITT - TACE: Where RFA - Radio Frequency Ablation is performed with additional ethanol injection (PEI) is significantly better results than when RFA is used to remove liver tumors after previously taking TACE = Trans-Arterial Chemo Embolisation applied.

Gene therapy in cancer: Some gene and PRL-3 gene only cases that appear to be responsible for development of intestinal cancer and the metastasis process

Hedgehog, a bodily substance may play crucial role in development of intestinal cancer. Article posted February 14, 2004

HPNCC = hereditary form of colon cancer: Groningen researchers found two genes that appear to play roles in the development of HNPCC, a hereditary form of colon cancer

IPHC / HYPEC = chemo hyperthermia in metastatic peritoneal cancer (colonrectalcancer) adenocarcinoomtype gives the results gained significantly longer survival, said study in 77 patients.

Chemo hyperthermia (Hypec operation) in metastatic peritoneal cancer (colonrectalcancer) of adenocarcinoomtype provides significantly longer survival results, but many serious side effects and get 80% despite a relapse in the study said Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Hospital.

Hyperthermia in cancer: IHPC = Intraperitoneal chemotherapy in addition to hyperthermia (colorectal) cancer with peritoneal metastases shows excellent results in survival time. 17% alive after five years compared with 0% with standard treatment, says study in 77 patients

Hyperthermia and effect in rectal cancer: Internal hyperthermia performed alongside chemotherapy and radiation in rectal cancer disease-free period and longer survival, and thus also save significantly more anal positions.

Hyperthermia in addition to FOLFOX chemotherapy regimen for advanced colorectal cancer stage II to IV doubles five-year survival compared to controls. Article posted in February 2008.

Immunotherapy in cancer: dSLIM - a combination of molecules that the immune response to promote after chemo - gives in phase I study with 17 metastatic colorectal cancer patients - an encouraging result.

Immunotherapies: Oncophage (R) (HSPPC-96), made from own tumor cells allows for remarkable results with colon cancer. Article update 4 may 2012

Immunotherapy for colon cancer: radio-immunotherapy with CEA antibody shows promising results in phase II trial with 30 cancer patients.

LITT - Laser-induced Interstitial Thermal Therapy of Dr. Vogl: Laser-induced Interstitial Thermal Therapy significantly improves survival and survival time compared to standard chemotherapy treatments at a local or regional chemotherapy

Nano therapy in combination with brachytherapy - internal radiation - and called BrachySil (TM) (32-P BioSilicon (TM)) gives excellent results in removal of liver tumors in phase II trial without significant side effects.

Newcastle Virus plus Dendritic cell therapy provides significantly better results - longer survival - in metastatic cancer patients, according to long-term randomized study.

Lutetium and internal radiation: Radio isotope lutetium, a tool for internal radiation is now officially used for treatment of cancer with the extension of median life fires four years in endocrine tumors (stomach, colon and pancreatic cancer). Article posted January 18, 2008.

Panitumumab an anti-EGFR antibody such as Avastin. Panitumubab expected official recognition as an official drug by the FDA. See under cancer in alphabetical list

PSK-polysaccharide K-a dust particle from mushrooms to complement the UFT and 5-FU chemotherapy after surgery for bowel cancer gives stage II and III on 5-year survival and significantly better results, especially final survival chances also significantly reduced metastasis through the lungs clear from two randomized was high long-term studies.

PC-SPES and effect in cancer: PC-SPES, a mixture of different herbs dramatically inhibits tumor growth in laboratory and animal testing in cancer cells

PDT in galwegenkanker: PDT = Photodynamic therapy as palliative treatment of inoperable galwegenkanker prolongs median survival from 7 months to 21 months shows small but randomized study of total 32 patients with unresectable galwegenkanker.

PDT - Photodynamic therapy and cancer: PDT - Photodynamic therapy for cancer in Leiden - LUMC applied.

RFA: Liver tumors or not of metastases of 5.5 cm diameter can now be treated with laser therapy under general anesthesia and skin closed in Rotterdam

RFA. All about Radio Frequency Ablation therapy for liver tumors from colon cancer. Now also used in limited Leeuwarden Medical Centre

RFA - Ultra Sound in addition to TACE shows highly significantly better results than TACE for liver tumors with an average size of 10.4 cm. !!!!!, Said two randomized trials in total 200 patients with liver tumors.

RFA and Liver Tumors: Researchers at the AMC price RFA, TACE, PEI and LITT and Cryosurgery as important treatment option for liver tumors in retrospective study ..

RFA. - Radio Frequency Ablation for small liver tumors - 3 cm. or less - is superior to ethanol injection demonstrated by recent randomized study.

TACE and RFA as combination treatment: TACE = trans Arterial Chemo Embolisation followed by RFA = Radio Frequency Ablation provides significantly better quality of life and therefore longer survival and longer time to disease progression. Article posted November 28, 2006.

Trans-Arterial Chemo Embolisation = TACE for liver tumors. TACE also called liver perfusion - local liver flush called chemo - although there is a difference how it is executed in a classical way or TACE, is often given prior to an RFA or LITT treatment and can live for months if not years extended. Learn how TACE works, including addresses, etc. where it is carried

TACE and LITT for liver tumors: A certain Chinese herb - jia wei si June zi tang - given in addition to an intervention by eg TACE, LITT, liver perfusion or surgery for liver tumors, improves significantly improve the operation and restoration of the liver after surgery compared with purely Western approach and guidance of an intervention in hepatic tumors.

TACE = trans Arterial Chemo Embolisation against systemic chemo gives longer survival time for patients with colorectal metastases in the liver. TACE with systemic chemotherapy 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), gives even longer survival. Risk of recurrence reduced with combination therapy and 10% versus 60% with chemotherapy alone.

TACE = trans Arterial Chemo Embolisation against systemic chemotherapy: A small study summary from the famous MD Anderson Hospital gives longer survival - 24% gets the 5 years - to see for cancer patients with liver metastases compared to systemic chemotherapy.

Virus injections in cancer: MediGene Start Phase I / II Trial with input from cancer-killing virus in inoperable patients with adenocarcinoma of colon leveruitzaaiïngen called NV1020, a herpes simplex virus.

Food and nutrients (vitamins, antioxidants) in cancer: an overview of recent developments and important studies and articles are put together, see left column. See also in prevention and complementary cancer in alphabetical lists.

Oxygen added in surgery of colon and rectal cancer reduces the risk of wound infections by more than half.

Avastin - Bevacizumab, an angiogenesis inhibitor that in some forms of cancer used: overview of some important articles and studies.

Melkzuurbacteriëen Probiotics: an overview of studies and articles on use of probiotics in addition to cancer treatments and restoring intestinal flora after stressful treatments. Click in left column for articles.

Chemotherapy for colon cancer: an overview of articles and important studies

Rectum cancer and TME: an overview of studies and information about TME-Total Exicisie Mesorectale

Operation techniques on colon cancer: an overview of important studies and recent developments.

chemotherapy for colon cancer: overview of recent developments, important articles and study results about chemo in colon cancer.

CANCER.

Information on current developments in both regular and alternative or complementary treatments for cancer types and resources at all stages. We have basically all articles and information put in alphabetical order, scroll in left column in alphabetical list.

Experiences of cancer patients with complementary approaches can be found by experience stories and there are also some videos of experiences of cancer patients to see. To click on video button top left . Or visit the website of the SNFK information where movies are shown on complementary approaches to cancer.

Hyperthermia and effect in rectal cancer: Internal hyperthermia performed alongside chemotherapy and radiation in rectal cancer disease-free period and longer survival, and thus also save significantly more anal positions.

Hyperthermia and effect in rectal cancer: Internal hyperthermia performed alongside chemotherapy and radiation in rectal cancer disease-free period and longer survival, and thus also save significantly more anal positions.