by john@redlineux.com | Aug 11, 2022 | News
Colorectal Cancer & the Microbiome It’s becoming increasingly clear that colorectal cancer – the third most common cancer worldwide – is intricately linked to microbes in the gut. The OPTIMISTICC team, in collaboration with...
by john@redlineux.com | May 3, 2022 | In Memoriam
Anjo van Heijst Patient Advocate Anjo van Heijst was our advocate from the Netherlands. She was diagnosed with incurable colon cancer with liver metastases in 2015. She was trained as a scientist and worked for more than 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry. Her...
by john@redlineux.com | May 3, 2022 | In Memoriam
Michele Longabaugh, RN Patient Advocate Michele Longabaugh was a wife, mother, author, and nurse who worked for a cardiac device company in Wichita, KS. In February 2010, at the age of 47, she was diagnosed with advanced, poorly differentiated Stage 4 Anal Cancer with...
by john@redlineux.com | May 3, 2022 | Work Packages Advocacy
WP1: The Microbiome in colorectal cancer risk We are analyzing the microbiome of 3000 bowel tumors, to determine the relationship between the bacteria within tumors and their mutations. We have analyzed the microbiome of over 2288 bowel cancer screening samples. Our...
by john@redlineux.com | May 3, 2022 | Work Packages Advocacy
WP2: Epidemiological correlates of the colorectal cancer microbiome Colorectal cancer (CRC) most often occurs sporadically (as compared to genetic forms of the disease) and is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Environmental factors...
