Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Radiation underused as ‘bridge’ to transplant in liver cancer
“This highlights a real-world gap in the treatment armamentarium for hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC].”
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ANCHOR study findings may usher in new care standards for anal cancer in HIV-infected patients
“A lot of people with HIV have these high-grade lesions. If we were able to identify who’s at highest risk of all of them, that would be very...
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Tracking adenomas per colonoscopy shows promise as quality measure
Colonoscopies performed by endoscopists with an APC of 0.6 may prove more protective than those by endoscopists with an ADR of 25%.
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Cases of deadly pancreatic cancer on the rise in the U.S.
The authors say the reason for the relative increasing trend among younger women is unclear.
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Vitamin D status may play a pivotal role in colon cancer prevention
Observational studies, plus laboratory and mouse model studies, point to a higher risk of colorectal cancer when vitamin D levels are low....
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Forming specialized immune cell structures could combat pancreatic cancer
The combination of chemotherapy and lymphoid chemokines could be a viable strategy for promoting an antitumor immune response in pancreatic cancer...
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Tiny worms sniff out early-stage pancreatic cancer
There is a huge need for research like this that explores strategies to detect pancreatic cancer early, but it’s far too soon to tell how, or if,...
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Convenience, not outcomes may drive robot-assisted surgeries
The sale of robotically assisted surgical devices is expected to reach $14 billion by 2028. The technology is enticing to both surgeons and...
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Priming tremelimumab dose regimen shows promising benefit-risk profile in HCC
Immunotherapies provide durable, long-term survival leading to substantial survival tails in the Kaplan-Meier OS curves associated with anti–CTLA-...
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Use live donors for liver transplants for HCC patients, say experts
A new study shows that outcomes with liver transplants from live donors are better than outcomes with transplants from deceased donors, leading to...
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High success rates with down-staging of liver cancer prior to transplant
Study findings validate the feasibility of down-staging on a broad scale under the current UNOS-DS guidelines and highlight the importance of...