Gastroenterology
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Fruits, Vegetables Confer Small but Significant Reduction in Colorectal Cancer Risk
Major Finding: The summary relative risk for colorectal cancer among patients with the highest intake of fruits and vegetables, versus the lowest...
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Colorectal Cancer Rates Decline
Major Finding: The incidence of colorectal cancer decreased by more than 10% from 52.3/100,000 in 2003 to 45.5/100,000 in 2007.Data Source: Data...
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Chemo Changes Fail to Improve Surgical Outcomes in Rectal Cancer
Major Finding: Surgical down-staging rates were similar in comparisons of CVI 5-FU vs. capecitabine (20.7% and 23%, respectively) and oxaliplatin...
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Anesthesiologists Enhance Adenoma Detection Rates
Major Finding: The overall polyp detection rate was significantly higher at an index colonoscopy with an anesthesiologist present vs. an index...
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U.K. Study Links Dietary Fat to Esophageal Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Total dietary fat and saturated fatty acids were found to be positively associated with esophageal adenocarcinoma, but not with...
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Imaging Combo May Diagnose Gastric Cancer Without Biopsy
Major Finding: Magnifying NBI improves the diagnostic performance of white light endoscopy for discriminating gastric cancer from benign small...
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Longer Imatinib Therapy Improves Outcomes For High-Risk GIST
Major Finding: Compared with their counterparts who were given imatinib for just 1 year after surgery, patients who were given imatinib for 3...
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Longer Imatinib Therapy Improves Outcomes For High-Risk GIST
Major Finding: Compared with their counterparts who were given imatinib for just 1 year after surgery, patients who were given imatinib for 3...
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Adjuvant Chemotherapy Delay Worsens Survival After Colorectal Surgery
Major Finding: Each 4 weeks of delay beyond 1 month after curative resection of colorectal cancer is associated with a 14% decrease in overall and...
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Adjuvant Chemotherapy Delay Worsens Survival After Colorectal Surgery
Major Finding: Each 4 weeks of delay beyond 1 month after curative resection of colorectal cancer is associated with a 14% decrease in overall and...