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2026
September
24,
2026
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Consistent physical activity—especially walking—can reduce fatigue and improve quality of life for colorectal cancer survivors, according to a study led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators. Historically, nearly 40% of survivors …
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April
02,
2026
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Microbes in the gut use specialized chemical signaling molecules to communicate, and one day, these molecules may help doctors understand which ulcerative colitis patients are most likely to develop colon cancer. In a study co-led by researchers at …
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March
04,
2026
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Gastrointestinal cancer cases are expected to double worldwide by 2050, according to a multi-institutional study co-led by Cedars-Sinai. The projections, based on 2022 data and published in the journal Cancer, conclude that the biggest increases …
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February
12,
2026
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America/Los_Angeles
The BackTable podcast network recently featured Cedars-Sinai Cancer specialists Karen Reckamp, MD, a thoracic medical oncologist and director of the Division of Medical Oncology, and Jun Gong, MD, medical director of Colorectal Cancer, on its Tumor …
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January
26,
2026
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Medscape recently interviewed Louisa Liu, MD, a hematologist-oncologist at Cedars-Sinai, about the benefits of staying active during cancer recovery. She discussed study findings indicating that regular walking might help ease fatigue and enhance …
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2025
September
25,
2025
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai has selected Alessio Pigazzi, MD, PhD, to lead the newly created Faculty Division of Colorectal Surgery in the Jim and Eleanor Randall Department of Surgery.Widely known as a pioneer in robot-assisted colorectal surgery, Pigazzi …
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April
25,
2025
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Colorectal tumors can vary in molecular mutations among individuals and communities, according to a new study from Cedars-Sinai Cancer. Investigators reporting in the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Research concluded that these differences could guide …
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April
03,
2025
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Patients with a condition called steatotic liver disease, also known as fatty liver disease, are at increased risk for developing colorectal cancer—and for that cancer to metastasize (spread) to the liver. A preclinical study from Cedars-Sinai …
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2024
September
26,
2024
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Health recently interviewed Zuri Murrell, MD, a colorectal surgeon and cancer specialist at Cedars-Sinai Cancer, about when people should see a doctor about rectal bleeding, a potential symptom of colorectal cancer.Murrell told Health that blood …
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May
14,
2024
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06:42 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Michelle Usher knew something was wrong when she became too tired to hold a paint brush or read a book. The avid oil painter and voracious reader could devour 100 novels and memoirs a year until late 2022, when overwhelming exhaustion set in.Usher …
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2023
June
14,
2023
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Physicians at Cedars-Sinai Cancer are using a unique chemotherapy delivery system that offers hope to colorectal cancer patients whose disease has spread and who now have inoperable liver tumors. Cedars-Sinai is one of the few centers in the area to …
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