Celebrex is also being tried in conjunction with Camptosar as a treatment for colorectal cancer.
That's how many Americans will die of colorectal cancer this year, an estimated 56, 600 in 1999.
No single drug developed in the past decade for advanced colorectal cancer represented a major breakthrough.
On April 29, 2011, the drug was approved for the treatment of advanced metastatic colorectal cancer.
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Right now, neither Vioxx nor Celebrex is approved for use in treating generalized colorectal cancer.
In a recent study, IMC-C225 demonstrated a 22.5% survival improvement in colorectal cancer patients.
And in longer follow up, she says, researchers may well see a decrease in colorectal cancer itself.
The Food and Drug Administration just announced that it approved Zaltrap for colorectal cancer, giving Tarrytown, N.
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Another encouraging sign is a drop in colorectal cancer deaths due to better and more widespread screening.
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Already, the drug has fast-track designation for approval for certain colorectal cancer patients who have already exhausted other options.
Yesterday evening, Genentech released results of a midstage clinical test of its colorectal cancer drug Avastin in combination with chemotherapy.
In contrast, an earlier trial testing of the drug with chemotherapy in colorectal cancer did seem to indicate a survival trend.
Genentech has finished filing its application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell Avastin as a treatment for colorectal cancer.
"As far as complex conditions like breast cancer or colorectal cancer are concerned you need both sides of the picture, " he said.
That's why screening for colorectal cancer should be part of your regular health care, especially after you reach the age of 50.
The 64-year-old British technology journalist Guy Kewney blogged through the final months of his life after a year-long battle with colorectal cancer.
The American Cancer Society and the American College of Physicians recommend that adults be screened for colorectal cancer starting at age 50.
That point was driven home today by the regulatory approval of Eloxatin, or oxaliplatin, a treatment for colorectal cancer developed by Sanofi-Synthelabo .
In late September Amgen received approval for its first cancer therapeutic, Vectabix, for colorectal cancer patients who have not responded well to chemotherapy.
They found that observational studies showed a 38% reduced risk of colorectal cancer, matching well to the 42% reduction shown by randomised trials.
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But its cancer-fighting franchise is struggling, as new drugs to complement Camptosar, the treatment of choice for colorectal cancer, have failed to materialize as planned.
"None of this applies to people with FAP or non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndromes or very high colon cancer risk based on family history, " Ladabaum says.
Colorectal cancer affects the colon (the large intestine) or the rectum.
"Colorectal cancer screening saves lives because it detects cancer at early stages when treatment is more effective, and it also removes precancerous lesions, " said Jemal.
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There is no conclusive proof that Celebrex works as a preventive drug for anything other than a rare genetic condition that can lead to colorectal cancer.
Collectively, nearly 350, 000 people are diagnosed with breast, cervical, or colorectal cancer in the U.S. each year, and approximately 100, 000 die from these diseases, the CDC says.
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Genentech's Avastin is awaiting Food and Drug Administration approval after a successful phase-III clinical trial that demonstrated its effectiveness in combination with chemotherapy for treating colorectal cancer.
In the future we will have diagnostics to determine what type of, say, colorectal cancer a person has, which will then help in determining the proper treatment.
Only six per 100, 000 people are expected to develop the condition compared to 204, 44, and 95 per 100, 000 for fatal heart disease, colorectal cancer and Alzheimer's respectively.
And as the study notes, Southerners are also more likely to be obese and to smoke -- both known risk factors for colon cancer (also known as colorectal cancer).
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