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First-line immunotherapy approved for certain patients with colorectal cancer

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for IV injection is now indicated to treat patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient colorectal cancer.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/24/8.htm
24 Jul 2020

Drinking coffee may reduce risk of death, disease progression in patients with advanced colorectal cancer, study finds

An editorial noted coffee's unique role in diet, as it is widely consumed as a daily habit, and explained why a potential link between coffee consumption and colorectal cancer is biologically plausible.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/25/1.htm
25 Sep 2020

Lowering colorectal cancer screening age from 50 to 45 years appears cost-effective

Initiating screening at age 45 years would require an additional 10 million colonoscopies, which could potentially provide greater benefit if used instead to increase screening rates in older patients, authors of the modeling study said.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/26/1.htm
26 Apr 2019

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

Fecal occult blood associated with mortality from more than just colorectal cancer

The study looked at all individuals who participated in screening with guaiac fecal occult blood tests in Tayside, Scotland, between 2000 and 2016, with follow-up of up to 16 years.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/27/1.htm
27 Jul 2018

Higher fiber consumption after colorectal cancer diagnosis linked to better survival

Each 5-g/d increase was associated with 18% lower colorectal cancer-specific mortality and 14% lower all-cause mortality.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/28/1.htm
28 Nov 2017

Spotlight on fecal immunochemical testing

Recent research focused on the outcomes of screening for colorectal cancer with fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) in patients with positive FIT, negative colonoscopy, or no recent screening.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/23/5.htm
23 Oct 2020

AGA issues guidance on drug treatment for patients with IBS

Two new clinical practice guidelines from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) provide recommendations on the use of medications to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with constipation and IBS with diarrhea.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/24/1.htm
24 Jun 2022

Risk for CRC with young-onset adenomas may vary by stage

A cohort study in U.S. veterans younger than age 50 years found that those with advanced adenomas had an eightfold increased risk for incident colorectal cancer (CRC) versus those with normal results, whereas cumulative CRC incidence and mortality at 10 years were relatively low overall.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/21/3.htm
21 Apr 2023

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

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