Patients' Defensive Thinking May Hinder Colorectal Cancer Screening
(MedPage Today) -- Patients may use specific defensive thinking strategies to avoid colorectal cancer screening, new research suggested.
Surveying more than 2,200 patients who had been invited to participate in a population-based fecal immunochemical... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - February 6, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Analysis of ctDNA Pinpoints Responders to Second-Line GIST Therapy
(MedPage Today) -- Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis of KIT mutational status may be able to guide second-line treatment in patients with imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), according to an exploratory analysis from... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 28, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Tyler James Williams' Crohn's Disease
(MedPage Today) -- In a recent interview in Men's Health, actor Tyler James Williams, 30, revealed that he had nearly died 5 years ago from Crohn's disease. Williams, who originally came to fame playing the adolescent Chris Rock in "Everybody Hates... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 26, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Duodenoscopes With Disposable Caps Led to Less Microbial Contamination
(MedPage Today) -- Use of duodenoscopes with disposable elevator caps during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) led to lower rates of contamination following high-level disinfection compared with standard scope designs, and did... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 24, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
IBD Interferes With Sleep Quality
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- People living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) not only had problems sleeping because of abdominal pain, but the sleep problems also made them more fatigued, more stressed, and more anxious, a researcher reported... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 23, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
New Standard of Care for Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Survival in treatment-refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) improved by more than 3 months in patients who received bevacizumab (Avastin) in addition to chemotherapy, a randomized trial showed.
Median... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 23, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
IBD and Rheumatic Diseases Overlap
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Nearly one in 10 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) also have rheumatologic disorders, meaning that specialists have to talk to each other to develop a treatment plan that works for both conditions, a... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 23, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Promising for Crohn's Fistulas
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can help heal bowel fistulas in patients with advanced Crohn's disease, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Overall, use of HBOT was associated with a 87% clinical... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 23, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
'More Is Not Better' in Two First-Line Trials for Biliary Tract Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- More therapy, whether cytotoxic or targeted, failed to improve outcomes in two separate randomized trials of front-line treatment for advanced biliary-tract cancer.
The SWOG 1815 trial showed that adding nab... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 22, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
New First-Line Standard for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- A four-drug chemotherapy combination coaxed a statistically significant 2-month improvement in overall survival (OS) in untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer versus a gemcitabine-containing regimen, a large... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 22, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Wearable Tech Shows Promise for Predicting IBD Flares
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- A smart watch app may help physicians and patients pinpoint and predict inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) flares, researchers reported.
When a person with IBD has a normal gut environment, a bell curve is produced... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 22, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Adding Targeted Drug to Chemo Boosts Survival in Esophageal/GEJ Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Adding a Claudin (CLDN) inhibitor to chemotherapy significantly increased progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in locally advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer and CLDN 18.2 expression... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 21, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Adding Targeted Drug to Chemo Boosts Survival in Gastric/GEJ Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Adding a Claudin (CLDN) inhibitor to chemotherapy significantly increased progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in locally advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer and CLDN 18.2 expression... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 21, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Contrary to Guidelines, 5-ASA Often Prescribed in Pediatric Crohn's Disease
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Even though guidelines discourage the use of 5-aminosalicylate (5-ASA) in pediatric Crohn's disease, a substantial percentage of children are still being treated with the anti-inflammatory agent, which may cause problems... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 21, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Shorter Post-Op Antibiotic Course Non-Inferior for Complex Appendicitis
(MedPage Today) -- Two days of postoperative intravenous antibiotics for complex appendicitis was non-inferior to 5 days in terms of complications and mortality, according to results of an open-label randomized trial.
In 1,005 patients, the vast... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 20, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
