Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Over the next 10 years, the number of cancer survivors in the United States is expected to grow from 15.5 million to 20.3 million, according to ASCO’s State of Cancer Care in America: 2017 report released today.

March 22 is National Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day, and aims to draw attention to hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes.

Delaying surgery for 4 to 8 weeks after short-course radiotherapy conferred similar oncologic outcomes as immediate surgery among patients with rectal cancer, according to a randomized, nonblinded, phase 3 trial conducted in Sweden and published in The Lancet Oncology.

Recommendations for surveillance after cancer treatment in survivors across guidelines are often nonspecific and inconsistent; therefore, clarification for or against the use of specific tests is warranted in current guidelines, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Sulfidogenic bacteria are more abundant in the colonic mucosa of black patients vs. non-Hispanic white patients, and these bacteria may be linked to their higher-than-average risk for colorectal cancer, according to new research.

Many of the nation’s leading research organizations and cancer centers have voiced their opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s proposed budget, which includes a $5.8 billion cut to NIH funding in 2018.

Cancer researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed an online cancer database designed to streamline the sharing of tumor-related genetic information.

The Association of Community Cancer Centers’ Institute for Clinical Immuno-Oncology issued a white paper titled “Immuno-Oncology: There’s more to discover.”

Learn Immuno-Oncology New York, an interactive educational event focused on the rapidly evolving future of cancer treatment, will be held March 23 at Sheraton New York.

Incidence and mortality of certain cancers was significantly greater in people who spent time in prisons than in the general population, according to a population-based study conducted in Ontario, Canada and published in PLoS ONE.