Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Researchers at Binghamton University and CPSI Biotech have developed a novel technique that uses cryotherapy and hyperthermia therapy to attack pancreatic cancer cells.

A clinical trial is underway to further examine the role of Escherichia coli and Bacteroides fragilis in the formation of colon cancer among patients with familial adenomatous polyposis, a hereditary form of the disease.

Considering the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States, researchers confirmed that survival rates among transplantation recipients who received organs from patients who died of drug overdose were similar to survival among recipients from donors who died of other causes.

A breath analysis test showed good sensitivity and specificity in detecting early-stage esophagogastric cancer, according to researchers in the U.K.

Research published in Gut showed that patients with inflammatory bowel disease and no additional high-risk factors who had consecutive negative colonoscopies carried a very low risk for developing advanced colorectal neoplasia.

Moderate to severe insomnia improved among cancer survivors after cognitive behavioral therapy or acupuncture, according to study results scheduled for presentation at the ASCO Annual Meeting.

Diabetes and high blood glucose levels in individuals without a diabetes diagnosis correlated with increased risks for liver cancer and major chronic liver diseases, according to a large prospective study of Chinese adults.

Radiation segmentectomy conferred comparable response rates, tumor control and survival outcomes as curative-intent treatments among certain patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma, according to findings published in Radiology.

The risk for colorectal cancer is about 2.5 times higher in patients who have advanced adenomatous polyps detected during colonoscopy vs. those with no adenomas, but the risk does not appear to be increased among patients with non-advanced adenomas, according to new research published in JAMA.

The proportion of women who received cancer treatment during pregnancy has increased significantly in recent decades, according to researchers in Europe.