COLONTOWN University is the educational branch of COLONTOWN. In order to bring more awareness of all the excellent content available on CTU, our Scientific Director Dr. Manju George started the #CTUinCT series of posts. These are small posts on specific CTU content that is of value to colorectal cancer patients and caregivers. We are reproducing them here to make it accessible to more people outside of COLONTOWN.
#CTUinCT: Tumor genomic testing vs germline testing Sep 11, 2024 – Post #10 Today let’s talk about tumor genomic testing versus germline testing. If you have got these tests done, please share your experiences below in comments. You can read about it here: Cancer and my genes Why is this
#CTUinCT: What kind of biomarker tests are available? Sep 3, 2024 – Post #9 In today’s post, let us look at what kind of biomarker tests are available? Tests available The common biomarker tests that people have use a sample of their tumor. This can be the resected tumor tissue
#CTUinCT: My CRC Biomarkers Worksheet August 27, 2024 – Post #8 In the last few weeks, we have been learning about #Biomarkers. We learned about some common actionable biomarkers in colorectal cancer: MSS/MSI-H, BRAF, KRAS, ERBB2/HER2 Here are the posts if you missed seeing these before: #CTUinCT: Tumor staging +
#CTUinCT: ERBB2/HER2 Biomarkers August 20, 2024 – Post #7 Ready to continue learning about biomarkers? You can find the last #CTUinCT post on the link below #CTUinCT: BRAF biomarkers Post #6 Today let’s learn about ERBB2 or HER2! Has your tumor been tested for this biomarker? You can read more
#CTUinCT: BRAF biomarkers August 13, 2024 – Post #6 Ready to continue learning about biomarkers? You can find the last #CTUinCT post on the button below: #CTUinCT: RAS biomarkers – Post #5 Today, let’s tackle the next important CRC biomarker BRAF Did you know we have a BRAF QuickStart Guide
#CTUinCT: RAS biomarkers August 6, 2024 – Post #5 Ready to continue with learning about biomarkers? You can find the last #CTUinCT post here: #CTUinCT: Review- Post #4 Today, let’s get into a bit of detail about biomarkers. The CTU section on it is very informative. Today let’s also discuss
#CTUinCT: Review July 23, 2024 – Post #4 In today’s post, let’s review what we have learned so far this month. The first post introduced COLONTOWN University and how it came into being. #CTUinCT: Introduction – Post #1 The 2nd was about CRC101, particularly, about “What do I need to
#CTUinCT: CRC101 July 16, 2024 – Post #3 Welcome to another #CTUinCT post! You can find last week’s post on the link below: #CTUinCT: CRC101- Post #2 COLONTOWN University is the educational branch of COLONTOWN and can be found on the button bellow: COLONTOWN University This week, let’s get
#CTUinCT: CRC101 July 9, 2024 – Post #2 Welcome to another #CTUinCT post! You can find last week’s post on the link below: #CTUinCT – Introduction – Post #1 When you are initially diagnosed, there’s so many things you are told about your disease, and you don’t know what
#CTUinCT: Intro to COLONTOWN University Jul 3, 2024 – Post #1 You may have seen a series of weekly posts in the COLONTOWN Downtown online group about a page from COLONTOWN University (CTU). The aim of these posts are to familiarize COLONTOWN members with the information we have on CTU.