Gastrointestinal Cancer News

Higher allostatic load, a measure of lifelong stress, correlated with increased risk for cancer mortality, especially among younger populations, according to study results published in SSM Population Health.

Patient navigation programs have historically been difficult to implement on a large scale.

Diets high in healthy plant foods and low in unhealthy plant foods were associated with a lower colorectal cancer risk in men, a recent study published in BMC Medicine found.

Medical marijuana legalization enacted from 2012 to 2017 appeared associated with a lower rate of opioid prescriptions and pain-related hospitalization among some adults being treated for newly diagnosed cancer, according to a study.

“Should you still get a colonoscopy?” “A landmark study...found only meager benefits for the group of people invited to get the procedure.” “Doctors push back against European study that casts doubt.”

Many Americans lack awareness of the association between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk, according to study results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.

Increasing costs of cancer care and greater cost-sharing resulted in higher out-of-pocket costs for nonelderly, privately insured patients with breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancers, according to study results.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pancreatic cancer screenings in high-risk individuals identified high-risk lesions in nearly 1% of patients and intermediate-risk pathology in more than 30%, according to data presented at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

A dramatic rise in global incidence of early-onset cancers over the past 30 years may be related in part to increased exposure to risk factors at a young age, according to study results published in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology,

Overall cancer mortality among American Indian/Alaska Native individuals appeared higher than among white individuals despite similar cancer incidence, according to findings published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.