Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Research on patients enrolled in the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer intermediate stage patient subclassification cohort showed that further classification of patients with untreated hepatocellular carcinoma may enable prediction of various stages of survival and disease burden, according to published findings.

There are approximately 14.5 million cancer survivors in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.

Four oncology leaders have been elected to ASCO’s board of directors.

Individuals who underwent solid-organ transplants appeared more likely to die of cancer than those in the general population, according to a study conducted in Canada.

Scrambler therapy is a pain management approach that uses a machine to block the transmission of pain signals by providing non-pain information to nerve fibers that have been receiving pain messages.

Limited bowel preparation increases participation in CT colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, for colorectal cancer screening, according to results of a randomized controlled trial.

Veterans are at increased risk for various types of cancer, but administrative and financial roadblocks often prevent them from access to clinical trials outside of the VA health care system.

A long-term prospective study of twins from Nordic countries revealed a significant excess familial risk for cancer overall among those whose co-twin was diagnosed with a malignancy.

Researchers found that stereotactic body radiotherapy and radiofrequency ablation were effective options for treating hepatocellular carcinoma. However, stereotactic body radiotherapy was more useful for larger tumors.

Higher doses of radiotherapy appeared associated with improved OS and local control among patients with inoperable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, according to the results of a retrospective dose–response analysis.