colitis

Managing Immunotherapy-Related GI Complications

Immunotherapy has been lauded as a game changer for cancer patients, but these therapies can result in toxicities.

JUNE 12, 2025

AGA Issues Updated Clinical Practice Update On Pregnancy-Related GI, Liver Diseases

The AGA’s new guidance on pregnancy-related GI and liver diseases emphasizes the need for multidisciplinary ...

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Endoscopic Score Provides Better Assessment of Immune-Mediated Colitis

An endoscopic severity score may improve the evaluation of cancer patients with immune-mediated colitis, according ...

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Fecal Microbiota Transplant Found Effective for Immune-Mediated Colitis

For refractory immune-mediated diarrhea and colitis, fecal microbiota transplantation may be an effective next line ...

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Is Diagnostic For Immunotherapy-Related Colitis

Flexible sigmoidoscopy may be sufficient for confirming colitis due to checkpoint inhibitor therapy, according to a ...

MARCH 4, 2022

Treatments for Immunotherapy-Induced Colitis Might Affect Cancer Outcomes

Biologic agents commonly used to treat gastrointestinal problems associated with the use of immune checkpoint ...

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Non-IBD Colitides

Several types of colitis can mimic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in clinical presentation and endoscopic ...

APRIL 19, 2021

Dating With a Digestive Illness

When Natalie Hayden was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at the age of 21 years, her boyfriend at the time did ...

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Study Finds Endoscopists May Miss Microscopic Colitis

If data from the United Kingdom reflect practice patterns in the United States, endoscopists may be overlooking ...

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Microscopic Colitis Linked to Increased Mortality

San Diego—Patients with microscopic colitis have an increased risk for premature death, particularly from ...

AUGUST 16, 2019

Heard of ‘Pyroptosis’? Hot Topic in Cell Biology Drawing Increased Attention for GI Health

Every medical student understands the concept of apoptosis, a common form of cell death. But a sister process that ...

JANUARY 23, 2019

Surveillance Intervals for IBD Colitis May Be Too Strict

Surveillance intervals for colorectal neoplasia can probably be loosened for some patients with inflammatory bowel ...

JANUARY 15, 2019

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