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GLP-1 RA Use Linked to Lower Quality of Bowel Preparation
THURSDAY, June 13, 2024 – The use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) for diabetes or obesity is associated with a lower quality of bowel preparation among patients undergoing...
Lowering FIT Positivity Thresholds Improves Sensitivity, Specificity
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – Lowering the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) positive threshold yields levels of sensitivity and specificity that are comparable to those reported for multitarget stool RNA...
Gene-Targeted Immunotherapy Boosts Survival for Some Colon Cancer Patients
MONDAY, June 3, 2024 – There's potential good news for a sizable minority of people battling advanced colon cancer. Doctors in Britain say that an immunotherapy drug, given before surgery, can help...
FDA Panel Gives Nod to Blood Test for Colon Cancer
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of a new blood test that can spot colon cancer. The panel voted 7-2 that the benefits...
Colon Cancers Are Rising Among the Young: Know the Warning Signs
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – Colon cancer is increasingly hitting Americans under the age of 50, and a new study outlines the warning signs that these young patients first encounter. The analysis was...
Offering Choice of CRC Screening Increases Completion Rates
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – For adults who are not up to date with colorectal cancer screening, offering a choice of colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) increases screening completion...
Colon Cancer Cases Rising Sharply Among Children, Teens
THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 – Colon cancer steadily increased among young people in the United States over the past two decades, with tweens enduring the most dramatic leap in cancer rates, a new study...
Extending Interval Between Colonoscopies Feasible After Negative Result
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 – For individuals without a family history of colorectal cancer (CRC), increasing the interval between colonoscopies for those with a first colonoscopy with negative findings...
Detection of Serrated Polyps Improved With Propofol During Colonoscopy
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 – Propofol sedation during colonoscopy seems to be associated with improved detection of serrated polyps, according to a study published online April 17 in Anesthesiology....
Surveillance Colonoscopy Rarely IDs Cancer in Older Adults
THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 – Colorectal cancer (CRC) is rarely detected from surveillance colonoscopy among older adults, regardless of prior adenoma findings, according to a study published online...
Follow-Up Colonoscopy Rate Low Within Six Months of Abnormal Stool Test
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 – Fewer than half of adults have a follow-up colonoscopy within six months following an abnormal stool-based screening test (SBT) for colorectal cancer (CRC), according to...
Cell-Free DNA Test Has 83.1 Percent Sensitivity for Detection of CRC
FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 – A cell-free DNA (cfDNA) blood-based test has sensitivity of 83.1 percent for detection of colorectal cancer and specificity of 89.6 percent for any advanced neoplasia,...
Colon Cancer Blood Test 83% Accurate in Spotting Tumors
THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 – An experimental blood test accurately detected colon cancer in more than 8 in 10 people confirmed to have the disease, researchers report. The test — which could be an o...
Multitarget Stool DNA Test Has Higher Sensitivity for CRC Than FIT
THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 – A next-generation multitarget stool DNA test has higher sensitivity for colorectal cancer and advanced precancerous lesions than fecal immunochemical testing (FIT),...
A Number of Teens Meet Criteria for Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 – A large percentage of adolescents meet eligibility criteria for metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), according to a study published online Feb. 27 in Pediatrics. Warren L....
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