Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Blueprint to curb postop opioids after pancreatic resection
Median discharge oral morphine equivalents dropped from 150 mg to 25 mg and then to 0 mg across the progressively refined pathways.
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Do AI chatbots give reliable answers on cancer? Yes and no
“The chatbot was most likely to mix in incorrect recommendations among correct ones, an error difficult even for experts to detect.”
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AI tool predicts certain GI cancers years in advance
Because K-ECAN does not rely heavily on GERD symptoms to assess risk, it has the “potential to guide providers to increase appropriate uptake of...
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Delaying palliative chemo may improve QoL without affecting survival for asymptomatic patients
For asymptomatic patients, delaying the start of systemic therapy should be discussed with the patient.
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‘Game changer’ data for vitamin D in digestive tract cancers
In the p53-immunoreactive subgroup, daily vitamin D supplementation reduced the risk of relapse or death by 73%.
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Cancer rates rise among people under age 50
“If we don’t understand what’s causing this risk and we can’t do something to change it, we’re afraid that as time goes on, it’s going to become a...
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Liver transplant in CRC: Who might benefit?
“It seems likely that there is a small group of patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases who should be considered for transplant,...
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Sugary drinks may up risk for liver cancer, liver disease death
“Regardless of whether this is a surrogate marker for liver disease risk (such as fatty liver disease) or a consequence of the drink itself, it is...
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Female CRC survivors may experience long-term GI symptoms
“Our findings shed light on the importance of psychosocial support as well as lifestyle interventions (specifically nutritional management) in...
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Early-life antibiotic use may raise risk of early-onset CRC
"Individuals with genetic risk factors (i.e., family history of CRC) who have experienced early-life antibiotics use on a long-term basis are...
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Cancer diagnoses, care access rise after Medicaid expansion
In Ohio, researchers found a substantial increase in diagnoses for all three cancers among Medicaid patients after expansion.