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The study seeks to understand the mechanisms of colorectal cancer and builds on recent Vanderbilt research.

Dr. Xingyi Guo worked on a new study that provides novel insights into genetic susceptibility for colorectal cancer in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  Dr. Guo tweeted about the study here: https://twitter.com/xingyiguo/status/1695481178571112606 You can read the paper online here: https://academic.oup.com/jnci/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jnci/djad178/…

Polyphenols — antioxidants found in fruits, vegetables, teas and spices — have promising anti-cancer properties. 

A first look into where early onset mortality spikes among U.S. women. Women with early onset colorectal cancer have a greater risk of dying from the disease depending upon their county of residence, according to a study published in Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology.

Conventional colorectal adenomas are the precursor lesions for most colorectal cancers. In addition to these adenomas, other colorectal polyps are detected during colonoscopy. Sessile serrated polyps (SSPs) represent an alternative pathway to carcinogenesis that may account for 20-30% of colorectal cancer. Because a diagnostic consensus for SSPs was not reached until 2010, few epidemiologic studies have evaluated risk factors for SSPs.

Conventional colorectal adenomas are the precursor lesions for most colorectal cancers. In addition to these adenomas, other colorectal polyps are detected during colonoscopy. Sessile serrated polyps (SSPs) represent an alternative pathway to carcinogenesis that may account for 20-30% of colorectal cancer. Because a diagnostic consensus for SSPs was not reached until 2010, few epidemiologic studies have evaluated risk factors for SSPs.