Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Cancer survivors delayed or forwent care more often than those in the general population because their clinician was of another identity, according to a research letter published in JAMA Oncology.

CHICAGO — Individuals aged 45 to 49 years who were mailed fecal immunochemical tests for colorectal cancer screening completed the tests in a timelier manner than those aged 50 years and older, according to data from Digestive Disease Week.

Certain clinical and socioeconomic factors appeared to predict delays in time to treatment initiation among patients with various cancer types, according to study results published in JCO Oncology Practice.

President Joe Biden today announced his intention to nominate NCI director Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, as director of the NIH.

During the time that nurse educator Lauren McGovern, MSN, RN, OCN, researched ways to gamify oncology infusion nursing orientation, she also happened to be looking for an escape room to entertain her kids.

Deaths with cancer as either an underlying or primary cause decreased across the United States during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic when compared with the previous year, according to data published in JCO Oncology Practice.

CHICAGO — Reported cases of hepatocellular carcinoma decreased significantly in 2020 compared with years before the COVID-19 pandemic, although there was minimal impact on tumor stage and patients receiving curative treatment.

Cancer death rates decreased overall across congressional districts in the United States over the past 25 years, according to a study published in Cancer.

Palliative care specialist services provided around the time of cancer surgery with curative intent failed to significantly improve patient outcomes, results of a randomized study showed.

Overweight and obese BMI during adulthood appeared associated with increased risk for colorectal cancer and noncolorectal gastrointestinal cancers, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.