Oncology News

Black individuals with early-onset colorectal cancer received worse and less timely care compared with white patients, according to results of a national hospital-based study.

Two different treatment regimens showed efficacy among patients with gastroesophageal cancers, according to study results presented during an ASCO Plenary Series session.

Patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure and recompensated cirrhosis had less severe disease, lower incidence of respiratory failure and better prognosis at 1 year vs. those with decompensated cirrhosis, researchers reported.

In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you Healio’s top headlines from ACG 2023.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A digital risk assessment tool and genetic testing program can be helpful in identifying patients with high-risk cancer susceptibility syndromes, according to a presenter at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Mechanical-enhanced colonoscopy outperformed standard colonoscopy in polyp detection rate and estimated adenoma detection rate for colorectal cancer screening, according to a presenter here.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Predictors of sessile serrated lesions among veterans who underwent colonoscopy within 12 months of a positive fecal immunochemical test included older age, obesity and smoking, according to a presenter.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A next-generation, multitarget stool DNA test detected colorectal cancer with 94% sensitivity and 91% specificity, outperforming fecal immunochemical testing, according to late-breaking data here.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The “disproportionate density” of early-onset colorectal cancer mortality in the Southern United States is associated with high food insecurity and low access to healthy food, according to a presenter here.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The risk for colorectal cancer was lower among patients undergoing colonoscopy for diverticulitis compared with routine cancer screening, according to a presenter at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.