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Current areas of research include studying the role of gastrin, a hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach in patients with colorectal cancer; how immune system modulation can improve treatments for colorectal cancer; and how reducing the levels of some growth factors (such as VEGF) may prevent cancer from recurring.

Physicians are also studying genetic differences in young and older patients with colorectal cancer to determine how age and family history affect patients with this disease.

In addition, our surgeons are also exploring how to advance laparoscopic and endoscopic surgeries which can reduce surgical risk and reduce recovery time.

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