Gastrointestinal Cancer
Conference Coverage
Guidelines for assessing cancer risk may need updating
Whole-exome sequencing reveals cancer risk mutations in patients that would not have qualified for testing based on current guidelines.
Conference Coverage
African ancestry genetically linked to worse CRC outcomes
Results from a new study provide greater clarity regarding the genetic piece of the puzzle.
Conference Coverage
Circulating DNA has promise for cancer detection, but faces challenges
Unnecessary procedures and health care challenges could leave Whites as the primary beneficiaries.
From the Journals
Survival gains after surgery for small pancreatic NETs?
With many patients potentially missing from the data, “it is very difficult to know that patients with tumors 1.1-2.0 cm in size are really...
Commentary
New colorectal cancer data reveal troubling trends
It has become increasingly apparent that the age profile and associated risks for this cancer are rapidly changing.
News
Refined incidence rate of HCC with alcohol-associated cirrhosis encourages surveillance
Cumulative risk of HCC in patients with alcohol-associated cirrhosis was 3% after 5 years, and 9% after 10 years.
From the Journals
Survival improved for some patients with metastatic cancers
Among patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors, neuroendocrine tumors, melanoma, and several cancers, 5-year survival increased by...
Feature
CRC blood tests: A future without screening colonoscopies?
Screening colonoscopies ultimately could be largely phased out in the years ahead in favor of highly sensitive noninvasive tests, if the blood...
From the Journals
Ultraprocessed foods and cancer: Small changes may lower risk
This study “is the largest study investigating these associations between food processing and cancer risk and therefore has greater power to...
From the Journals
Low-dose olanzapine improves appetite in chemotherapy patients
About half of patients who took olanzapine consumed more than 75% of recommended daily calories.
From the Journals
Gene variants plus H. pylori increase risk of gastric cancer
The new findings imply that the hereditary contribution to the risk of gastric cancer is more important than previously believed.