Huntsman Cancer has a new treatment for colon cancer

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"A potent preventive treatment for people at enormous risk of colorectal cancer works not only by preventing new precancerous polyps from growing, but by causing existing ones to recede, according to findings published this week by Huntsman Cancer Institute researchers.

The findings are the latest in the institute's line of research into how to prevent colorectal cancer among the 1-in-10,000 people who inherit a condition called familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)."

Neklason added that "right now this drug is outrageously expensive and insurers wouldn't cover it."

Further clinical studies are planned at Huntsman Cancer Institute, the Mayo Clinic and elsewhere as researchers zero in on the ideal preventive treatment, Neklason said.

"That's definitely our hope and that's what we're working toward," she said.

The study published Monday was funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Huntsman Cancer Foundation and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.

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