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Healio Gastroenterology presents the following report on the top 10 peer-tested stories from 2021.

Increased incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer and precancerous polyp diagnoses among patients at a younger age supported the recommendation for CRC screening at age 45 for all average risk individuals, according to a study.

Among patients with large serrated polyps, the risk for bleeding after endoscopic mucosal resection was low, with no significant benefit seen with resection clipping, according to a study.

The FDA granted fast track designation to LioCyx-M004, a T-cell receptor T-cell therapy for treatment of adults with hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma.

Pancreatic cancer incidence increased among both men and women from 2000 to 2018, but researchers reported a greater relative increase among women aged younger than 55 years, according to study results published in JAMA.

About one in four primary care clinicians surveyed preferred a stool-based test to a colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening, according to findings published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Budesonide oral suspension improved histologic, endoscopic and symptom response compared with placebo among pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to a study.

Polypectomy entails a “higher risk” with factors such as polyp, patient and physician characteristics as well as polyp indication influencing procedure outcomes, according to a speaker.

In the era of direct-acting antivirals, rates of hepatocellular carcinoma are rising in patients without cirrhosis, particularly Black patients, according to a presentation at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience.

Healio Gastroenterology presents the following report on the top 10 peer-tested articles from November 2021.