Oncology & Cancer
Technology advances help to prevent, lessen impact of colon cancer
Approximately 140,000 people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the U.S. each year. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Mar 14, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Standard and double dose pantoprazole equally effective
(HealthDay)—For patients with gastric adenoma or early gastric cancer, standard dose or double dose intravenous pantoprazole for 48 hours is equally effective for prevention of delayed bleeding after endoscopic resection, ...
Sep 23, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Esophageal rupture described after drinking PEG solution
(HealthDay)—Esophageal rupture can occur in association with colonoscopy preparation, according to a letter to the editor published in the March issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Mar 25, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Study helps compare risks of treatments for early esophageal cancer
A new study, published in the July, 2014, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute by Northwestern Medicine researchers, sheds new light on the risks associated with the growing popularity of endoscopic resection ...
Jul 28, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Study examines repeat colonoscopy in patients with polyps referred for surgery without biopsy-proven cancer
A new study reports that in the absence of biopsy-proven invasive cancer, a second colonoscopy done at an expert center may be appropriate to reevaluate patients referred for surgical resection. In the study, 71 percent of ...
Jan 28, 2014
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