Gastroenterology
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Liver Cancer Rates Continue to Rise, Vigilance Warranted
Major Finding: U.S. hepatocellular carcinoma cases rose threefold during 1975-2007, while hospitalized cases rose by more than a third during 2005...
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Chemoradiotherapy Improves Esophageal Cancer Outcomes
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Routine Sigmoidoscopy Cut Colorectal Cancer Incidence, Mortality
Major Finding: The use of flexible sigmoidoscopy for colorectal cancer screening, as compared with usual care, was associated with a 26% reduction...
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Colonoscopy's Efficacy Confirmed in Average-Risk Adults
Major Finding: Screening colonoscopy cut incident colorectal cancers by 51% compared with no endoscopy in a large, average-risk U.S. cohort.Data...
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Lymphadenectomy Underused in GI Cancer Surgery
Major Finding: By 2009, the percentage of patients with adequate lymphadenectomy during surgery for gastrointestinal cancer was 43% for esophageal...
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Docs Need Primer on Long-Term Effects of Chemotherapy
Major Finding: Only 6% of primary care physicians were able to identify the main long-term effects of doxorubicin, paclitaxel, oxaliplatin and...
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Neoadjuvant Abiraterone Helps Clear Aggressive, Early Stage Prostate Tumors
Major Finding: At 24 weeks, a pathological complete response or near pCR was achieved by 34% of men randomized to neoadjuvant abiraterone...
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Fatty Acids in Fish May Lower Liver Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Hepatocellular cancer risk was significantly lower (hazard ratio = .64, P for trend = .04) for participants in the highest vs.
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Intensive Follow-Up Reduces Mortality From Hepatocellular Cancer
Major Finding: Data on 18,816 hepatitis B carriers in China randomized to either intensive surveillance with ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein...