Colon Cancer

Cardiovascular disease, especially atherosclerotic CVD, was associated with increased risk for cancer diagnosis, according to a study published in JACC: CardioOncology.

A prognostic study validated the use of an artificial intelligence-derived tumor adipose feature, which may aid risk stratification of colon cancer and provide prognostic value when integrated into practice, according to study results.

A machine learning model may aid the detection and classification of tertiary lymphoid structures associated with gastrointestinal cancers based on routine tissue slides, according to research in JAMA Network Open.

A deep-learning artificial intelligence model led to a “significant increase in diagnostic performance” for radiologists distinguishing between acute diverticulitis and colon cancer via CT images, according to results in JAMA Network Open.

“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.”

GENEVA — A large percentage of people with colorectal cancer around the world are diagnosed through emergency presentation, according to study results presented at World Cancer Congress.

GENEVA — A multiyear mass media campaign led to significantly higher bowel cancer screening rates among individuals at high risk for the disease, according to study results presented at World Cancer Congress.

Sessile serrated polyp detection rate was the only quality metric reduced when trainees participated in colonoscopy, highlighting the importance of careful examination of the right colon when trainees are present, according to new data.

This year’s European Society for Medical Oncology Congress featured potentially practice-changing research in kidney cancer, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, lung cancer and melanoma.

Two cycles of neoadjuvant nivolumab plus low-dose ipilimumab induced durable pathologic responses among patients with mismatch repair-deficient colon cancer, according to study results presented at ESMO Congress.