COLORECTAL CARCINOMA

This study tested whether sending personalized text messages could help colorectal cancer survivors eat more whole grains and less refined grains. Eating more whole grains may help lower the risk of dying from this cancer. The trial involved 46 survivors who received tailored nut…

This study tested whether combining the immunotherapy drug nivolumab with the targeted therapy trametinib, with or without another immunotherapy called ipilimumab, could help control advanced colorectal cancer that had spread and stopped responding to prior treatments. It involve…

This study tested a specialized pump implanted in the body to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly into the liver's main artery. The goal was to see if this targeted approach could better control colorectal cancer that had spread to the liver. It involved 24 adult patients who had…

This study aimed to learn about tiny particles in the blood called microparticles in people with advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to the abdominal lining. Researchers compared these particles in 41 patients with and without this specific cancer spread to see if they cou…

This study tested whether a new system for analyzing a patient's tumor genes could work fast enough to help doctors choose treatments. It involved 24 adults with advanced colorectal cancer or soft-tissue sarcoma. The main goal was to see if the complex process of gene sequencing …