According to the National Cancer Institute estimates, 142,570 men and women in the United States will be diagnosed with colon and rectal cancer in 2010. More than 51,000 of them will die of their cancer. For those who develop colon cancer,...
Advanced, or stage IV, colon cancer is characterized by tumors that have spread from the colon to nearby lymph nodes and other vital organs, such as the liver and lungs. Unlike treatments in the early stages of disease that aim to cure the cancer,...
Radiation therapy uses high-energy beams of subatomic particles to kill cancer cells. According to the American Cancer Society, radiation therapy for colon cancer may be used before or after surgery, and with or without chemotherapy.
Flavonoids are a large group of compounds widely distributed in foods derived from plants. Quercetin is a compound that belongs to the flavonol subclass of flavonoids. Fruit and vegetable-rich diets, which are also rich in flavonoids, have been...
