Search results for "Colorectal cancer"
Spotlight on National CRC Awareness Month
For National Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Awareness Month, this Spotlight reviewed recent studies reporting “a rapidly changing landscape of disease that foreshadows less favorable trends ahead” and comparing time to CRC diagnosis and treatment between younger and older adults.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/24/5.htm
24 Mar 2023
Adenoma detection rate inversely associated with postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer after FIT screening
A study of an Italian fecal immunochemical test (FIT)-based screening program found a 2.35-fold risk increase in postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer among patients treated by endoscopists with the lowest versus highest adenoma detection rate.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/24/10.htm
24 Feb 2023
Defensiveness may help explain limited uptake of FIT, Irish study finds
Patients who declined an invitation to fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) scored higher on a measure of defensive information processing, indicating that certain psychological approaches may be more likely to increase screening uptake.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/24/2.htm
24 Feb 2023
Spotlight on CRC screening and follow-up
Several recent studies focused on screening and follow-up for colorectal cancer (CRC), including one that found differences in decision making between primary care physicians and gastroenterologists on surveillance colonoscopies in older adults.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/27/5.htm
27 Jan 2023
Annals On Call episode looks at benefits of sigmoidoscopy for CRC screening
A new episode of the podcast discussed a recent Annals study that assessed the 15-year benefits of sigmoidoscopy screening on colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/23/9.htm
23 Dec 2022
Patient-facing web platform helped identify those with higher colorectal cancer risk
A program that asked patients to enter their family health history identified more high-risk patients but didn't change rates of colorectal cancer screening or genetic counseling, a trial of U.S. veterans found.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/18/1.htm
18 Nov 2022
Single sigmoidoscopy significantly reduced long-term CRC incidence
A pooled analysis of four large randomized trials of sigmoidoscopy screening found a significant and sustained effect of a single performance of the test on colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality over 15 years of follow-up.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/28/3.htm
28 Oct 2022
European trial finds reduction in cancers but not deaths with invitation to colonoscopy screening
Healthy patients in Poland, Norway, and Sweden were randomized to usual care or an invitation to screening colonoscopy; only 42% of invited patients responded. The invited group had an 18% lower risk of colorectal cancer at 10 years compared to the usual care group.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/28/7.htm
28 Oct 2022
High consumption of ultra-processed foods associated with CRC in men
Among women, only consumption of ready-to-eat or -heat mixed dishes was linked to increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a new analysis of the Health Professionals Follow-up Study and Nurses' Health Studies.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/23/3.htm
23 Sep 2022
MKSAP Quiz: CRC surveillance after polyp removal
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate colorectal cancer (CRC) surveillance interval in a 60-year-old patient following removal of a 7-mm sessile serrated polyp.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/23/4.htm
23 Sep 2022