Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Colorectal cancer incidence climbed 500% from 1999 to 2020 among children aged 10 to 14 years and 333% among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, according to research presented at the Digestive Disease Week media briefing.

A clinical trial at Keck Medicine of USC will investigate a new surgical approach to treating patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

Oral samples taken from patients with gastric cancer and premalignant gastric conditions exhibited “stark differences” in bacterial composition compared with controls, suggesting that oral bacteria could serve as a biomarker.

As part of routine screening for financial hardship, clinicians should discuss an individual’s employment, access to paid leave and health insurance coverage when constructing a treatment plan relating to cancer care.

Geographic disparities in the availability of cancer clinical trials throughout the United States have worsened over time, according to study data published in JAMA Network Open.

Online resources about liquid biopsies have several deficits that could prevent patients from learning about the test and better understanding , according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The FDA has approved Geneoscopy Inc.’s ColoSense multitarget stool RNA test for adults aged 45 years or older at average-risk for developing colorectal cancer, according to a company press release.

More than 20% of patients with cancer participate in some form of clinical study, and that number is considered a “floor” estimate, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

The 10-year interval between screening colonoscopies “could potentially be extended” to 15 years among patients without a family history of colorectal cancer and negative findings for CRC at the first colonoscopy, researchers reported.

A regimen of pembrolizumab plus trastuzumab and chemotherapy extended OS for individuals with HER2-positive locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.