Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Screening yields long-term reduction in CRC mortality
Major finding: After 30 years, participants who had been screened annually and biennially had respective 32% and 22% reductions in colorectal...
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Widespread screening linked to fewer colorectal cancer deaths
Major finding: A history of at least one endoscopic exam explained 73% of the decrease in colorectal cancer mortality in men and 82% of the...
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TP53 status signals neoadjuvant cetuximab benefit in rectal cancer
Major finding: In TP53 wildtype patients, neoadjuvant cetuximab improved 5-year progression-free survival by 24.3% (hazard ratio, 0.23; P = .02)...
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Laparoscopic colon surgery may keep older patients independent longer
Major finding: Of those older patients who had open surgery, 20% were discharged to a nursing facility, compared with 12.5% of the laparoscopy...
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HLA class I plays role in aspirin’s benefit in colon ca
Major finding: Low-dose aspirin cut the risk of death in half in colon cancer patients with tumors expressing HLA class I.Data source: Microarray...
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Sigmoidoscopy may not be enough for older patients
Major finding: Because people are 30% more likely to have polyps in the ascending colon and 22% more likely to have polyps in the cecum as they...
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Lanreotide scores big against GI and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Major finding: Progression-free survival was 66% in the group treated with the somatostatin analogue, compared with 22% in the placebo group (HR,...
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Adjuvant gemcitabine a plus for resected pancreatic cancer
Major finding: Disease-free survival (13.4 vs. 6.7 months) and overall survival (22.8 vs. 20.2 months) were significantly greater with gemcitabine...
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Selective screening missed 13% of Lynch syndrome–associated colorectal cancers
Major finding: Left-sided tumors with high microsatellite instability (n = 12; 57%) were more likely to be Lynch syndrome–related than were right-...
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Colorectal cancer screening cuts long-term mortality
Major finding: The multivariate hazard ratios for colorectal cancer were 0.57 after endoscopy plus removal of adenomatous polyps (polypectomy), 0....