While there are several treatment options for colon cancer, not all of them work for all cancer types. Deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) colon cancer is known to be less responsive to chemotherapy than ...

Colon cancers are especially tough to treat in their advanced stages A new trial finds the use of two immunotherapy drugs plus standard chemo nearly doubled survival times in patients with these ...

A man was given two years to live after a colon cancer diagnosis. Now he's healthy thanks to combination of medicine and the ...

Targeted therapies are a type of medicine used to treat cancer. They work differently than standard chemotherapy. Instead of killing all fast-growing cells or keeping them from dividing, targeted ...

Colorectal cancer often spreads to the liver, requiring prolonged chemotherapy. But now, doctors are turning to hepatic artery infusion. This therapy delivers chemo directly into the liver, and that, ...

People battling advanced colon cancers might have a new treatment option that could extend their survival, a new trial finds. A combination of two experimental immunotherapy drugs plus standard ...

Stage 4 colon cancer is considered advanced: cancer has spread beyond your colon to distant organs. Treatment may involve a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or ablation.