colorectal cancer staging radiology
colon cancer aspirin treatment. aspirin prevents recurrence of colon cancer. dr. anton titov, md: use of non-steroidal anti inflammatory agents (aspirin) in colorectal cancer treatment and prevention is one of your interests. experience with selective cox-2 inhibitors has been mixed. you wrote in new england journal of medicine about the risks and benefits of cox-2 inhibitors for colon cancer therapy. it was before vioxx was withdrawn from the market. what is your current thinking about the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents - like aspirin - in treatment of colon cancer and rectal cancer? dr. david kerr, md (colon cancer oncologist, oxford): as we've discussed i spend a large amount of time working with colleagues in oxford. we study the molecular genetics of colorectal cancer cells within the tumor. but over the past 4 or 5 years i have realized that microenvionment of the tumor is as important for treatment result as the genetics of the cancer itself. if we can influen...