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PHASER Testing Initiative for Patients Newly Diagnosed With a GI Malignancy
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Clinical Controversy: Watch-and-Wait or Surgery in Rectal Cancer Near Complete Responders?
Watch-and-wait for near-complete clinical responders is “very controversial.”
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Physician-Scientist Taps into Microbiome to Fight Cancer
Dr. Neelendu Dey is a gastroenterologist and researcher at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle.
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Breakthrough Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer Gets Green Light
The test’s approval could make it more likely that people get screened for and survive the disease.
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Paclitaxel Drug-Drug Interactions in the Military Health System
This study sought to provide an overview of paclitaxel use, identify potential drugs that interact with the antineoplastic agent used to treat...
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Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening via Mailed Fecal Immunochemical Testing in a Veterans Affairs Health System
Could a proactive, population-based colorectal cancer screening program centered on mailed fecal immunochemical testing kits outside of a...
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Does Extended Postop Follow-Up Improve Survival in Gastric Cancer?
Researchers investigate the potential benefit of extended cancer surveillance post gastrectomy using Korean National Health Insurance claims data...
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How Aspirin May Lower Risk for Colorectal Cancer
These new data suggest that aspirin helps activate the immune system, which helps explain its potential chemopreventive effect in CRC.
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Young People’s Gut Bacteria May Drive Colorectal Cancer Risk
Researchers found signs that a high-fat, low-fiber diet may increase inflammation in the gut that prevents it from naturally suppressing tumors....
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Red Flags for Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Identified
Hematochezia was the most common presenting sign/symptom, followed by abdominal pain.
