Gastrointestinal Cancer News

A small daily, oral dose of sildenafil may help reduce risk for colorectal cancer, according to study results.

C-Scan, a novel X-ray imaging capsule that does not require bowel cleansing, accurately detected colon polyps in a multicenter trial published in Gut.

Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, a rare childhood liver cancer, metastasized to the brain, prompting researchers to recommend surveillance neuroimaging for patients with advanced disease, according to published findings.

Exelixis announced that the FDA accepted a supplemental new drug application for Cabometyx tablets as a treatment for patients with previously treated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a press release.

Updated guidelines from the American Cancer Society recommend that all adults at average risk for colorectal cancer begin screening for the disease at the age of 45 years.

The FDA granted priority review designation to larotrectinib for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors harboring an NTRK gene fusion.

Overweight boys who had an above-average increase in BMI during puberty showed a higher risk for developing colon cancer in adulthood, according to new research presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

Overweight and obesity appeared associated with an increased risk for 12 cancer types, according to World Cancer Research Fund’s new report.

More frequent follow-up testing for patients with colorectal cancer did not improve time to recurrence or survival, according to two studies published in JAMA.

Cancer deaths continue to decline among men, women and children in the United States, according to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.