Gastroenterology News

WASHINGTON — In a Healio video exclusive, Shirley Paski, MD, discusses highlights from her presentation at Digestive Disease Week, which focused on the importance of screening patients on special diets for nutritional risks and malnutrition.

Most childhood cancer survivors are not up to date on guideline-recommended screening for late effects of cancer treatment or second malignancies, according to study results.

Any doctor seeing patients has had to field questions unrelated to their specialty.

WASHINGTON — A blood-based screening test detected colorectal cancer with a sensitivity of 79.2% and a specificity of 91.5% among average-risk adults aged 45 to 85 years, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to Durect’s larsucosterol for the treatment of patients with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis, despite mixed results from previously released topline data.

WASHINGTON — Although a greater number of patients with Crohn’s disease who failed anti-TNF therapy achieved biologic remission with Skyrizi vs. Stelara, choosing between the two therapies “still remains on the table,” a researcher noted.

WASHINGTON — Oral antibiotic use among adult patients was not associated with increased risk for early-onset colorectal cancer, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.

WASHINGTON — Statin use was associated with up to a 90% risk reduction for new-onset primary sclerosing cholangitis among patients with inflammatory bowel disease, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.

WASHINGTON — An algorithm that uses electronic health record parameters identified glycemic evidence of new-onset diabetes in real time, which could lead to earlier detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, according to researchers.

WASHINGTON — Parental obesity was associated with a nearly threefold increased risk for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease among offspring in early adulthood, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.