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Entertainment Industry Foundation Mourns Death of Famed TV and Radio Announcer Rod Roddy; Memorial Fund Established in Roddy's Honor Statement From Katie Couric Expresses Gratitude for Roddy's Efforts to Raise Colon Cancer Awareness LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Entertainment Industry Foundation's National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (EIF's NCCRA) joins the world in mourning the passing of famed "Price Is Right" announcer Rod Roddy. Roddy has been an EIF's NCCRA Ambassador for the last two years, participating in TV, radio and print Public Service Announcements urging people to "Come On Down and Get a Colonoscopy." EIF's NCCRA Co-founder Katie...

Anthrax altered to fight cancer Friday, July 04, 2003By Kathleen LongcoreThe Grand Rapids Press Researchers in Grand Rapids say an anthrax-based drug is showing promise in treating the deadly skin cancer melanoma -- and possibly other life-threatening cancers. The researchers at the Van Andel Research Institute are partnering with Wake Forest University Health Sciences in North Carolina to produce a drug called tumor lethal factor (TLF) in preparation for clinical trials. The drug, a component of a nonvirulent anthrax toxin, will be tested on animals first and is several years from reaching cancer patients. But laboratory success in killing melanoma...

  Top Stories By Loretta Rodgers 04/23/2003 Aston resident Kelly Hough and her sister Greta, a teacher at St. Jude the Apostle School in Atlanta, Georgia Aston resident Kelly Hough entered Cocco's Pizza and left in tears.

Crawl-through colon helps spread the word on colon cancer 2-17-03 By ERIN CUNNINGHAM, Staff Writer News & Record Eat a nice, hearty breakfast, run a few errands, then go to UNC-Chapel Hill and follow the path of your bacon and eggs. A 40-foot-long, crawl-through colon is on a 20-city tour throughout the U.S., spreading the word about colon cancer. Wednesday it arrives in Chapel Hill, where the public is invited to spend some time in the large intestine. The Colossal Colon Tour, featuring local speakers, hands-on exhibits and the guest of honor, "Colossal" itself, will help kick off National Colorectal...

DALLAS, May 16 (UPI) -- Scientists believe they have discovered precisely how a high-fat diet can lead to the development of colon cancer. Reporting in Friday's issue of the journal Science, researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center said the vitamin D receptor, which is found on the surface of cells in the colon and normally binds vitamin D, also binds with and neutralizes a toxic chemical known to cause colon cancer. David Mangelsdorf, principal investigator of the study and a pharmacologist at UT's Howard Hughes Medical Institute, told United Press International the toxic chemical is called lithocholic...