Tracking Adenomas per Colonoscopy Promising as Quality Measure Tracking Adenomas per Colonoscopy Promising as Quality Measure
The number of adenomas per colonoscopy (APC) is inversely correlated with postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer, which supports the use of APC as a new quality control measure, according to investigators.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - October 28, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Balloon-Enhanced Colonoscopy Finds More Adenomas Balloon-Enhanced Colonoscopy Finds More Adenomas
A head-to-head trial found that the G-EYE balloon detects more adenomas than the Endocuff Vision attachment.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - October 26, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
ACS: Attitudes Toward CRC Screening Changed During Pandemic
Use of fecal occult blood test up during pandemic; more than half of respondents willing to do at - home FOBT in lieu of colonoscopy (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - October 26, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Surgery, Conference News, Source Type: news
AI Reduces Adenoma Miss Rate During Colonoscopy Screening: Study AI Reduces Adenoma Miss Rate During Colonoscopy Screening: Study
In a study of more than 200 colonoscopies, adenoma miss rates were significantly lower with an artificial intelligence –based computer-aided detection system than with high-definition white light.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - October 22, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Few Poorly Prepped Colonoscopies Repeated Within 1 Year Few Poorly Prepped Colonoscopies Repeated Within 1 Year
National registry data show more timely repeat colonoscopy procedures for younger patients and those with severe disease.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - October 20, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Successful removal of two magnets in the small intestine by laparoscopy and colonoscopy: a case report - Oh RG, Lee CG, Park YN, Lee YM.
BACKGROUND: Ingestion of multiple magnets can cause serious gastrointestinal complications, such as obstruction, fistulae, and perforation. When multiple magnets traverse the stomach, coordination between pediatric gastroenterologists and pediatric surgeon... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
CRC Incidence and Mortality After Colonoscopy Screening CRC Incidence and Mortality After Colonoscopy Screening
A better understanding of how colonoscopy screening benefits may differ according to individual risk profiles may help guide screening recommendations.Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Journal Article Source Type: news
Bowel cancer: Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert describes role hard-to-see polyps play in cancer risk
LONDON — Physicians screening people for bowel cancer are becoming increasingly concerned about a type of polyp once thought harmless: serrated polyps, sawtooth-edged growths in the colon that are flat, nearly translucent, and sometimes difficult to spot during colonoscopies. New research suggests people with serrated polyps should be checked more frequently for bowel cancer, a Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert writes in a commentary in the journal Gut. A serrated polyp after blue dye has been… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - October 11, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Linked-Color Imaging Better at Adenoma Detection Linked-Color Imaging Better at Adenoma Detection
Linked-color imaging significantly increases the detection of adenomas in screening colonoscopies compared with white-light imaging and blue-laser imaging –bright, according to new research.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Cancer in the Covid world: Public health experts' worst fears are coming true
The pandemic-induced shutdown of many health-care facilities led to the cancellation or postponement of thousands of mammograms, colonoscopies and other screenings.
It’s been a year since those screenings resumed, but the fears of public-health experts are coming true with an increase in cancer diagnoses.
Federal epidemiologists with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) expect the temporary shutdowns to impact cancer rates and severity for at least the next decade, with modeling scenarios projecting… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 1, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: news
New Tests for Prostate, Colon Cancer Show Promise
If approved in the United States, the tests could make screening and diagnosis for these cancers easier on patients, without the need for needle biopsy or colonoscopy. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - September 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Durham entrepreneur's colonoscopy device scores $255K grant to expand use
Sometimes complex problems require simple solutions. That ’s the take of a Durham entrepreneur tackling the colonoscopy industry.
A colonoscopy – said James Hathorn, CEO of Durham firm ColoWrap – is a lot like “trying to get a hose from one side of your house to the other side.”
It’s not always a smooth process.
“Looping,” occurs in up to 90 percent of the procedures, causing pain, complications and even failed exams.
But Hathorn, who founded the company back in 2012, says he… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 15, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Lauren Ohnesorge Source Type: news
Durham entrepreneur's colonoscopy device scores $255K grant to expand use
Sometimes complex problems require simple solutions. That ’s the take of a Durham entrepreneur tackling the colonoscopy industry.
A colonoscopy – said James Hathorn, CEO of Durham firm ColoWrap – is a lot like “trying to get a hose from one side of your house to the other side.”
It’s not always a smooth process.
“Looping,” occurs in up to 90 percent of the procedures, causing pain, complications and even failed exams.
But Hathorn, who founded the company back in 2012, says he… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - September 15, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Lauren Ohnesorge Source Type: news
Fecal Transplants: a New Treatment for IBD
Linda Ann Sasser has had ulcerative colitis since she was 20, but it wasn’t until May 2019, about 30 years later, that her condition hit a low point: not only did she have a major flare-up of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but on top of it, she had Clostridioides difficile (or C. diff), a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes severe diarrhea and inflammation of the colon. “I became really, really sick with bloody diarrhea 30 times a day and chronic stomach pain,” Sasser says. While hospitalized for 12 days, she was given oral steroid medications, which didn’t help, then IV ste...
Source: TIME: Health - September 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stacey Colino Tags: Uncategorized Disease feature Source Type: news
AGA Update: Strategies to Improve Colonoscopy Quality AGA Update: Strategies to Improve Colonoscopy Quality
The quality of colonoscopy screening and surveillance is shaped by three parameters: safety, effectiveness, and value.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - August 12, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
