Gastrointestinal Cancer
Conference Coverage
Automated colonoscopy risk classification for veterans
LAS VEGAS
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CMS offering educational webinars on MACRA
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is offering a pair of webinars aimed at helping physicians navigate the new regulation that...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Open, robotic, laparoscopic approaches equally effective in pancreatectomy
WASHINGTON – Minimally invasive surgery – whether robotic or laparoscopic – is just as effective as open surgery in pancreatectomy.
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Transcriptomics link gastric cancer to RNA misediting
Changes in the sequence of RNA – also known as RNA editing – might contribute to the pathogenesis and prognosis of gastric cancer, investigators...
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Neoadjuvant therapy improves survival in pancreatic cancer
Key clinical point: Neoadjuvant therapy improves outcomes in pancreatic cancer. Major finding: Neoadjuvant therapy was associated with improved...
Conference Coverage
Data are mixed on cancerous transformation of cardiac mucosa in Barrett’s esophagus
CHICAGO – The risk arising from this nonintestinal metaplasia growth is probably quite low in real life, but the extant literature gives doctors...
Conference Coverage
H. pylori’s relationship with gastric cancer? It’s complicated
Does eradicating Helicobacter pylori prevent gastric cancer? The answer is yes, sometimes, but it depends on where you live, and what other...
Conference Coverage
Gastroesophageal cancers continue to make their mark globally
Studies emerging from around the world find the same patterns and similar rates of progression in both esophageal cancer and gastric cancer: 2%...
Case Reports
High-grade leiomyosarcoma of the transverse colon presenting with bowel perforation
Conference Coverage
Anal cancer in HIV-infected patients: to screen or not?
News
Inflammatory markers did not significantly predict colorectal cancer risk in men
Colorectal cancer in men was not significantly associated with baseline plasma levels of three inflammatory markers – C-reactive protein,...