Gastrointestinal Cancer News

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has retained its distinction as the No. 1 cancer hospital in the country.

Mutations in the VSIG1OL gene appeared associated with susceptibility to familial Barrett esophagus and esophageal cancer, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.

Casadaban L, et al. Cancer. 2016;doi:10.1002/cncr30181.

Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter significantly increased risk for cancer mortality among elderly people in Hong Kong, according to study results.

About 60 to 75 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity negated the increased risk for death associated with sitting for 8 hours each day, according to findings published in The Lancet.

Edoxaban may more effectively treat venous thromboembolism and produce less clinically relevant bleeding than warfarin in patients with cancer, according to a subgroup analysis of a randomized, double blind, double-dummy, open-label trial.

Patients with advanced cancers frequently interpreted their prognoses differently from their oncologists, according to the results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Oncology.

In patients with hepatitis C, both atorvastatin and fluvastatin use were associated with a dose-dependent reduction in both cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, according to recent findings published in Hepatology.

The American Association for Cancer Research and Pancreatic Cancer Action Network presented nine grants to early-career scientists who intend to pursue research in pancreatic cancer.

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer did not increase the risk for leukemia or myelodysplasia compared with 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, according to results of a retrospective cohort study.