
Screening using flexible sigmoidoscopy significantly reduced the incidence of colorectal cancer and mortality, according to a recently published large prospective randomized study. Overall, colorectal cancer mortality was reduced by 26% in patients assigned to sigmoidoscopy (2.9 vs 3.9 deaths per 10,000 person-years) in the study. A 50% reduction in death…
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Fish oil suppresses cell growth and metastatic potential by regulating PTEN and NF-κB signaling in colorectal cancer
Epidemiological reports have shown that the incidence of cancer is increasing worldwide [1]. Cancer is the disease in which there is a deregulation of cell proliferation and cell death. In cancerous cells, endogenous signal transduction pathways get disturbed to redirect the cellular decisions from differentiation and apoptosis to proliferation and, later, invasion [2].
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