Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Pharmaceutical companies have employed several strategies — including reverse payment, patent settlements and “product hopping” — to prevent affordable generic cancer drugs from entering the market, according to a forum article published in Blood.

NEW ORLEANS — The HemOnc Today and Healio.com/HemOnc team will present comprehensive live coverage from the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

BARCELONA — Though hepatocellular carcinoma after direct-acting antiviral therapy rarely occurs, patients with a history of HCC recurred at a rate of 29%, according to a presenter at the International Liver Congress.

The FDA has approved the Epi proColon blood-based screening test for the early detection of colorectal cancer, the manufacturer announced.

A California billionaire pledged $250 million to create a new venture designed to accelerate advances in cancer treatment.

The creation of the Consortium for Optimizing the Treatment of Rectal Cancer, a program focused on improving rectal cancer care in the Unites States, is “one of the more exciting developments” in the subspecialty in recent years, according to David Dietz, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic.

Use of statins after a diagnosis of esophageal adenocarcinoma was found to be associated with reduced esophageal cancer-specific and all-cause mortality, according to the results of a large population-based cohort study.

The receipt of adjuvant radiotherapy in addition to chemotherapy appeared associated with lower risk for locoregional recurrence in patients with surgically treated pancreatic cancer, according to the results of a retrospective study.

Unmarried patients with cancer had a greater risk for mortality than married patients, according to an analysis of data from the California Cancer Registry.

Married men are more likely to have a screening colonoscopy, especially if their wives are happier with the relationship and more highly educated; however, marital status was not found to affect colonoscopy rates in women, according to a recent study.