Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Expanded genetic testing better predicts panitumumab plus chemo response
Major finding: Patients with the extended set of RAS mutations derived little to no benefit when panitumumab was added to FOLFIRI chemotherapy: 15...
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Inflammatory markers associated with IBD colon cancer risk
Major finding: The risk of colorectal cancer is more than double for IBD patients with the highest quartile values of CRP (P for trend = .017) and...
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Ramucirumab adds to efficacy of chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer
Major finding: Compared with placebo plus paclitaxel, ramucirumab plus paclitaxel was associated with significantly better median overall survival...
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CT, CEA alone or combined better than nothing to detect colon cancer recurrence
Major finding: Colon cancer recurrences were detected (and operated upon) in 6.7% of the CEA-only group, 8% of the CT-only group, and 6.6% of the...
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Despite benefits, ‘bundling’ endoscopy is not norm
Major finding: Of more than 12,000 Medicare patients who underwent upper and lower endoscopy, fewer than two-thirds had the procedures "bundled"...
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Fistula risk quadrupled with hyperthermia during pancreaticoduodenectomy
Major finding: The likelihood of postoperative pancreatic fistula quadrupled in patients with a body temperature higher than 99.5 degrees F at the...
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Canadian agency reports rare, severe skin reactions to cancer drug
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Thiopurine use ups risk of skin cancer for ulcerative colitis patients
Major Finding: Current users of thiopurines had more than twice the risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer as never users (hazard ratio, 2.1), but former...
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Genetic profiling transforms cancer treatment trials
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Optimized colonoscopy slashes colorectal cancer incidence, deaths
Major finding: Optimized colonoscopy screening reduced the incidence of colorectal cancer by 83% and the incidence of colorectal cancer death by...
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Risk of CRC sharply lower after negative colonoscopy
Major finding: Individuals with a negative colonoscopy had an estimated 10-year risk of CRC of 0.58%, which translated to a 57% lower risk than...