Colorectal cancer is typically diagnosed after age 50, but in recent years the disease has been increasingly found in younger people and disproportionately affecting racial and ethnic minorities.
By studying biomarkers known to be involved in gastrointestinal cancers, researchers have developed a biomarker algorithm that, when combined with a noninvasive method to collect esophageal cells for ...
The tissue adjacent to a tumor behaves differently than areas farther away: The tumor's cancerous cells influence their surroundings, blocking the body's immune defenses and creating a sort of haven ...