Family History and Risk of Barrett's Esophagus Family History and Risk of Barrett's Esophagus
How much impact does family history have on the risk of developing Barrett ' s esophagus or esophageal adenocarcinoma?Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 18, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology Journal Article Source Type: news
Patients lack knowledge on radiation in medical imaging
More than half of patients did not know that chest CT delivers more radiatio...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Consider the esophagus when it comes to breast cancer radiotherapy
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AI helps reduce cancer PET imaging time and dose (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 13, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ASCO Esophageal Cancer Guidance Updated to Include Nivolumab ASCO Esophageal Cancer Guidance Updated to Include Nivolumab
The ASCO guidance has been updated to recommend adjuvant nivolumab in patients with residual disease following data from CheckMate 577 -- although caveats remain.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - October 11, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Consider the esophagus when it comes to breast cancer radiotherapy
Routinely avoiding the esophagus during radiation therapy for breast cance...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Breast MRI can be cost-effective in 4-year screening intervals (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 11, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
New Opdivo/Yervoy Mesothelioma Clinical Trial Begins Soon
A novel clinical trial involving the immunotherapy combination of Opdivo and Yervoy will open soon in Chicago. The goal is to study the drugs’ efficacy when added to surgery for patients with peritoneal mesothelioma cancer.
The single-center, phase II clinical trial follows a recent report detailing the impressive three-year effectiveness of the drug combination when used for unresectable pleural mesothelioma.
Bristol Myers Squibb manufactures Opdivo and Yervoy, known generically as nivolumab and ipilimumab. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the combination for pleural mesothelioma in 2020, making it t...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - October 7, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Source Type: news
Risk factors associated with suicide among esophageal carcinoma patients from 1975 to 2016 - Chen C, Lin H, Xu F, Liu J, Cai Q, Yang F, Lv L, Jiang Y.
Throughout the world, esophageal cancer patients had a greater suicidal risk compared with ordinary people. Thus, we aimed to affirm suicide rates, standardized mortality rates, and underlying suicide-related risk factors of esophageal cancer patients. Pat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Case Western Reserve technology licensee Lucid Diagnostics files IPO plan
Lucid is focused on patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as chronic heartburn or acid reflux, who are at risk of developing esophageal cancer. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - September 23, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: I-Chun Chen Source Type: news
Case Western Reserve technology licensee Lucid Diagnostics files IPO plan
Lucid is focused on patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as chronic heartburn or acid reflux, who are at risk of developing esophageal cancer. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 23, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: I-Chun Chen Source Type: news
RAVmed unit Lucid Diagnostics files IPO plan
Lucid is focused on patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as chronic heartburn or acid reflux, who are at risk of developing esophageal cancer. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 23, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: I-Chun Chen Source Type: news
RAVmed unit Lucid Diagnostics files IPO plan
Lucid is focused on patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as chronic heartburn or acid reflux, who are at risk of developing esophageal cancer. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 23, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: I-Chun Chen Source Type: news
Can Cannabis Help Your Gut?
When Joe Silverman developed Crohn’s disease at age 21, the symptoms started out mild. While the sight of blood in his stools initially freaked him out, what really bothered him was the frequent abdominal pain and bloating that occurred as his condition progressed to moderate and then severe. Dietary changes didn’t make a difference, so he began taking prescription oral anti-inflammatory drugs that are often used to treat certain bowel diseases, which alleviated but didn’t eliminate his discomfort. He started using prescription steroid suppositories to cope with flare-ups of the inflammatory bowel disease...
Source: TIME: Health - September 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stacey Colino Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Hope for new cancer drug that could extend patients' lives by four months
PATIENTS with late-stage oesophageal cancer could get more time with their loved ones after a new treatment was approved for the NHS. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 18, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Report Details 9/11 Health Effects on FDNY Firefighters
A recent report from the Fire Department of New York World Trade Center Health Program outlines the 9/11-related health effects firefighters are dealing with 20 years later.
Approximately 410,000 first responders spent the days and weeks after 9/11 inhaling toxic materials as they helped save lives from the collapse of the Twin Towers. Almost 3,000 people died on Sept. 11, 2001, but in the 20 years since, another 4,343 survivors have died due to related health effects.
FDNY has felt the impact of delayed illness, as well. While 343 FDNY firefighters died on 9/11, another 254 have died since then from 9/11-related dis...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - September 9, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Source Type: news
AI can lend a hand in diagnosis, prognosis of oral SCC
Radiology and pathology artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can help i...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Later PET/CT follow-up helps for oropharyngeal cancer (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 19, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Gastric Cardia Culprit in Barrett's Esophagus, Transformative Mechanism Identified Gastric Cardia Culprit in Barrett's Esophagus, Transformative Mechanism Identified
A series of lab experiments pinpointed the gastric cardia as the cellular origin of Barrett ' s esophagus (BE) and showed how undifferentiated BE cells can turn malignant.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - August 18, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
