Colorectal cancer
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Fiber During Pelvic Radiation: Why Prevention and Diarrhea Treatment Need Different Advice
A pelvic-radiation trial challenges automatic fiber restriction, but its primary endpoint was negative. Here is how…
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Diclofenac Gel for Capecitabine Hand–Foot Syndrome: A Positive Trial, a New Reality Check
D-TORCH found fewer moderate-to-severe events with preventive diclofenac gel, but a 2026 real-world study did not…
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Before Colorectal Cancer Surgery: What Prehabilitation Can—and Cannot—Do
A four-week multimodal prehabilitation trial reduced severe complications before colorectal cancer surgery, but functional recovery results…
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Vitamin B6 for Capecitabine Hand–Foot Syndrome: A Familiar Idea That Did Not Hold Up
Randomized trials do not show that high-dose vitamin B6 prevents capecitabine hand–foot syndrome—and chronic excess B6…
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Ice Chips During Chemotherapy: When Oral Cryotherapy Actually Has Evidence
Oral cryotherapy can reduce mouth sores with bolus 5-FU and high-dose melphalan. The timing is brief,…
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Exercise After Colon Cancer: The Evidence Deserves a Bigger Conversation
The CHALLENGE trial moved exercise beyond general wellness advice. What it showed, who it studied, and…
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Neuropathy, Alpha-Lipoic Acid and the Search for Something That Helps
A closer look at alpha-lipoic acid, glutamine, omega-3, vitamins, curcumin and other integrative approaches—what the human…
