Oncology News

Receipt of perichemotherapy antibiotics correlated with improved survival in patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma treated with gemcitabine, but not fluorouracil, according to results in JAMA Network Open.

Partners of colorectal cancer survivors experienced long-term financial toxicity associated with worse health-related quality of life, according to results of a survey study published in JAMA Network Open.

A prognostic study validated the use of an artificial intelligence-derived tumor adipose feature, which may aid risk stratification of colon cancer and provide prognostic value when integrated into practice, according to study results.

Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection was noninferior to open distal gastrectomy in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer, according to 5-year follow-up data published in JAMA Surgery.

Despite a low likelihood of finding advanced polyps or colorectal cancer, more than 85% of older patients with a history of polyps were advised to return for surveillance colonoscopy, regardless of life expectancy or current results.

Patients in U.S. counties with higher poverty were less likely to undergo liver metastasectomy for colorectal liver metastasis, suggesting that access to surgery for complex gastrointestinal cancers may be affected by social determinants.

Individuals with certain germline pathogenic variants had a substantially higher risk for developing gastric cancer after Helicobacter pylori infection, results of a Japan-based case-control study showed.

Chemoradiotherapy with a contact X-ray brachytherapy boost significantly increased clinical complete response and 3-year organ preservation rates in patients with early cT2-cT3 rectal adenocarcinoma, particularly tumors smaller than 3 cm.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; in the latest installment of our diversity, equity and inclusion video series with ASGE, Pegah Hosseini-Carroll, MD, proposed strategies for mitigating disparities in CRC screening.

Cold snare polypectomy for colorectal polyps smaller than 1 cm significantly reduced the risk for delayed bleeding and improved procedural efficiency compared with hot snare polypectomy, according to data in Annals of Internal Medicine.