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Cold Snare Resection Safe for Large Nonpedunculated Colorectal Polyps
Despite recommendations for its use, the cold snare method appears to be underused in the United States.
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When Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Sexual Challenges
The disruptions caused by cancer and its treatment can interfere with normal physiological and psychological development, leading to issues with...
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Liver Transplant Delays Progression in Colorectal Metastasis
Researchers evaluated 33 patients with colorectal cancer and unresectable liver metastasis who were eligible for liver transplants.
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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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BRCA Mutations in Men: Important but Often Overlooked
Most are unaware of the associated cancer risks, and management recommendations for male BRCA carriers.
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FIT Screening Cuts Colorectal Cancer Mortality by One Third
Researchers used data from two health systems with long-standing programs of mailing FITs to compare 1103 cases of adults who had died of CRC with...
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Colorectal Cancer: New Primary Care Method Predicts Onset Within Next 2 Years
Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study of 50,387 UK Biobank participants reporting a CRC symptom in primary care at age 40 years or...
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Immunotherapy May Be Overused in Dying Patients With Cancer
“There are patients who are getting immunotherapy who shouldn’t,” according to a surgical oncologist from Yale.
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Can Addressing Depression Reduce Chemo Toxicity in Older Adults?
Researchers evaluated whether greater reductions in grade 3 chemotherapy-related toxicities occurred with geriatric assessment-driven...
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Tool Can Help Predict Futile Surgery in Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers evaluate patients with anatomically resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who underwent pancreatic resection.
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Metastasis-Directed Therapy Ups PFS in Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers randomize patients with pancreatic cancer to receive MDT plus systemic therapy or systemic therapy alone.