New Guidelines Target Cancer Risk in Rare GI Syndromes Task force focuses on diagnosis, management of gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis syndromes Apr 28, 2022
Unusual Hepatitis Spreads; IBD and Erectile Dysfunction; Can PFAS Harm Livers? News and commentary from the world of gastroenterology and hepatology Apr 28, 2022
Black Patients More Often Get 'Substandard' Care for GI Cancers Retrospective study finds worse surgical outcomes, lower odds of receiving chemotherapy Apr 04, 2022
Living Donor Transplant Promising for CRC With Liver-Only Metastases In small study, researchers see "encouraging" survival outcomes Mar 30, 2022
Robotic Hepatectomy Shows Benefits Over Laparoscopic Surgery Shorter hospital stay, similar perioperative outcomes in matched analysis Mar 10, 2022
Is ctDNA Useful for Surveillance in Resected CRC? Small study suggests no advantage compared to imaging alone or with CEA measurement Mar 08, 2022
Kids With IBD Need Close Monitoring as They Grow Up Meta-analysis confirms: substantially increased cancer risk in adulthood Mar 02, 2022
Surveillance Colonoscopy in IBD Tied to Lower Advanced Cancer Risk Findings bolster guidelines for IBD patients with extensive colitis or left-sided colitis Mar 01, 2022
SubQ Infliximab Works for IBD; FDA Clears Complex Colonoscopy Tool; IBS & Diet News and commentary from the world of gastroenterology and hepatology Feb 18, 2022
GICS Roundup: PD-1 Inhibitor Yields 100% Response Rate in dMMR Rectal Cancer Plus: Promising activity in BRAF-mutant CRC, L-asparaginase drug falls short in pancreatic cancer Jan 24, 2022
Immunotherapy Not Additive to Standard of Care for Untreated Metastatic CRC No difference in survival outcomes with add-on nivolumab to chemo, bevacizumab Jan 23, 2022
Earlier Colorectal Screening Bolstered by Real-World Data Researchers of a national registry study say "45 is now the new 50" Jan 10, 2022
Trifluridine/Tipiracil Combination Misses Mark in Metastatic Colon Cancer No improvement in PFS versus standard for older patients ineligible for intensive therapy Dec 21, 2021
Ethics Consult: Should Doctor Inform Patient's Family of Diagnosis? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Dec 10, 2021
Just How Bad Is a 'Sulfur Microbial Diet' for Colorectal Cancer Risk? Risk for CRC increased by 27% in healthcare workers who consumed the highest amounts Nov 12, 2021
Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer on the Rise in Whites, Stable in Blacks White women may be a significant driver of higher rectal cancer rates Nov 09, 2021
Two Mechanically Assisted Colonoscopy Devices Square Off Randomized trial revealed one found more and larger adenomas Oct 25, 2021
Who Performs More Endoscopies During GI Training, Women or Men? Survey finds lower total colonoscopies and EGDs completed by female GI fellows Oct 13, 2021
What's Behind the Racial Differences in Women's Cancer Screening? Existing medical conditions and social factors are likely driving gaps, researchers found Sep 24, 2021
Study Finds More Later-Stage CRC Diagnoses During Pandemic Japanese registry data reveals increase in stage III colorectal cancer, drops in earlier disease Sep 22, 2021
AI's Help in Colonoscopy Led to Fewer Missed Adenomas U.S. study explores benefit of newer technology in colon cancer screening, surveillance Sep 15, 2021
More Evidence Supports CRC Screening at Younger Ages Historical data among adults ages 45 to 50 show ominous trends Sep 08, 2021
Minimally Invasive Surgery Shows Benefit in Colon Cancer Patients started adjuvant therapy faster, had shorter hospital stays compared to open resections Sep 07, 2021
Maybe Avoid These Specialists for Your Next Colonoscopy Certain specialties performed better quality colonoscopies than others, meta-analysis finds Aug 27, 2021
Incomplete Polyp Resection Proves Tricky Business for Cancer Risk Expert stresses the importance of high-quality colonoscopy Aug 13, 2021
Colonoscopy Obstacles for Vulnerable Patients After an Abnormal FIT Some factors cited by staff at safety net health systems could be modifiable Aug 10, 2021
Raise a Glass? Study Tallies Cancer Cases From Booze Heavy drinking habits accounted for about half of new alcohol-associated cases Jul 13, 2021
Did Getting a Colonoscopy Lead to Cleaner Living? Results varied by severity of screening findings, researchers found Jul 13, 2021
Are Antibiotics Linked to Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer? With cases increasing globally, researchers look to these commonly used drugs Jul 03, 2021
Start Thinking 'Cure'; One More Hug; Mortgages and Breast Cancer Survival News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 16, 2021
Tweaking Maintenance Options in Metastatic CRC Two studies move the needle, but no major breakthroughs Jun 11, 2021
COVID Vaccine Protection; 'Until You Die From the Cancer'; What's Palliative Care? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 10, 2021
Chemotherapy Nausea Linked to Stress, Neuropsych Symptoms High frequency of CIN leads to stress and more severe neuropsychological symptoms Apr 23, 2021
Can a COX-2 Inhibitor Boost Disease-free Survival in CRC? Large trial tested addition of the agent to standard FOLFOX Apr 06, 2021
Op-Ed: Primary Care and Specialty Ping Pong Let's put an end to bureaucratic medicine and treat the patient in front of us Mar 21, 2021
New Guideline Lowers Age to Begin Colorectal Cancer Screening Update comes as incidence has doubled in people under 50 Mar 09, 2021
New Targeted Therapies Show Promise in Cancer Selected abstracts from the ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies virtual meeting Mar 03, 2021
Anti-CD20 Drugs Tied to Severe COVID in Cancer Patients Plus: Active chemo treatment may not be a COVID risk factor Feb 05, 2021
Aspirin and CRC Risk: A Curious Age Connection Implications for prophylactic recommendations, researchers say Jan 21, 2021
Cancer and COVID; Booze and Cancer; 'Screech' Starts Chemo News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jan 21, 2021
