Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Colorectal cancer"
Now showing items 1-7 of 7
-
Bevacizumab terminates homeobox B9-induced tumor proliferation by silencing microenvironmental communication
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Homeobox B9 (HOXB9), a transcriptional factor, regulates developmental processes and tumor progression and has recently been recognized as one of important transcriptional factors related to angiogenesis. This ... -
Blood RNA biomarker panel detects both left- and right-sided colorectal neoplasms: a case-control study
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Colonoscopy is widely regarded to be the gold standard for colorectal cancer (CRC) detection. Recent studies, however, suggest that the effectiveness of colonoscopy is mostly confined to tumors on the left side ... -
Bounding the per-protocol effect in randomized trials: an application to colorectal cancer screening
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: The per-protocol effect is the effect that would have been observed in a randomized trial had everybody followed the protocol. Though obtaining a valid point estimate for the per-protocol effect requires ... -
Changes in colorectal cancer screening intention among people aged 18–49 in the United States
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: To determine whether exposure to a peer-led intervention focused on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, physical activity, and multi-vitamin intake can lead to increased intentions to be screened for CRC once ... -
Extracellular matrix signatures of human primary metastatic colon cancers and their metastases to liver
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer and the third cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Despite the fact that tumor cell-intrinsic mechanisms controlling colorectal carcinogenesis ... -
Magnesium, vitamin D status and mortality: results from US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001 to 2006 and NHANES III
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Magnesium plays an essential role in the synthesis and metabolism of vitamin D and magnesium supplementation substantially reversed the resistance to vitamin D treatment in patients with magnesium-dependent ... -
Oxaliplatin-Induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis under Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer: Two Cases of a Rare Adverse Event
(S. Karger AG, 2013)Leukocytoclastic vasculitis is a multicausal systemic inflammatory disease of the small vessels, histologically characterized by inflammation and deposition of both nuclear debris and fibrin in dermal postcapillary venules. ...