Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Light scattering spectroscopy, a novel optical technique based on a spatial gating fiber-optic probe, predicted the malignant potential of pancreatic cysts during routine diagnostic endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration with significantly higher accuracy than current diagnostics.

The majority of U.S. hematologists–oncologists who use Twitter reported at least one financial conflict of interest made public through the federal Open Payments program, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Previous estrogen exposure in women with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 may affect size of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, but exposure is not correlated with time to pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor diagnosis, according to published findings.

Researchers have identified the chemical process behind the anticancer properties of piperlongumine, the compound found in the spicy Indian pepper plant.

Jeffrey A. Drebin , MD, PhD, has been named chairman of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s department of surgery.

Asian adults with diabetes have a 26% increased risk for dying from any cancer compared with those without diabetes, with a greater risk observed for certain site-specific cancers, according to a pooled analysis of 19 prospective Asian cohorts.

Nearly one in five U.S. cancer survivors take medications for anxiety or depression, according to study results published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Since President Clinton officially dedicated the month of March as National Colon Cancer Awareness Month in the year 2000, it has become an important catalyst for patients, survivors, physicians and advocates to raise awareness about the importance of getting screened.

Evidential findings support the association between severe or morbid obesity and 11 types of cancer, mainly those of the digestive organs and hormone-related malignancies, according to an umbrella review of related literature published in British Medical Journal.

Pediatric oncology patients with high degrees of symptom-related suffering appeared more likely than their parents to acknowledge the benefits of early palliative care, according to survey results.