Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Recently published data suggest that higher hepatocellular carcinoma incidence after sustained virologic response with interferon-free hepatitis C treatment correlates to patient baseline risk factors, such as age, Child-Turcotte Pugh score and prior treatment, rather than IFN-free therapy.

Individuals with higher numbers of oral pathogens associated with periodontal disease may be at risk for precancerous gastric lesions, according to new research published in the Journal of Periodontology.

Patients with colon cancer whose surgeries were moderately delayed experienced no adverse effect on survival, according to new research.

Louis M. Weiner, MD, has been named director of MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute.

Both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee correlated with a lower risk for all-cause mortality and colorectal cancer-specific mortality after CRC diagnosis, according to recently published data.

Consuming coffee lowered the risk for death and a broad spectrum of health outcomes, according to a report recently published in BMJ.

A quarter of older adults newly diagnosed with cancer from 2009 to 2013 had a prior cancer history, according to an observational study published in JAMA Oncology.

NEW YORK — Every patient with cancer does not live in a major metropolitan area with direct access to specialized care, but there are ways to provide individuals access to necessary state-of-the-art care and clinical trials regardless of where they live, according to a speaker at Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium.

Primary prevention of colorectal cancer through the removal of adenomatous polyps led to greater mortality reductions than early detection of the disease, according to an analysis of data from the PLCO cancer screening trial.

Cigarette smoking, excess body weight and alcohol intake represented the three most prevalent modifiable risk factors for cancer, according to an American Cancer Society study published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.