colorectal cancer awareness
GI Societies, Advocacy Groups Take Action to Support CRC Screening Recommendations
The ACG filed an amicus brief March 3 to alert the court about the importance of colorectal cancer screening.
APRIL 28, 2025
FDA Approves Opdivo With Yervoy for Unresectable or Metastatic MSI-H or dMMR Colorectal Cancer
The FDA has approved nivolumab with ipilimumab for adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older with ...
APRIL 16, 2025
6 Things to Know About Genetics in GI Cancers
As genetic testing becomes a defining aspect of cancer care prevention, treatment and recurrence monitoring, its ...
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
At Odds With GI Groups, ACP Calls for CRC Screening Starting at 50
The American College of Physicians has decided to stay with 50 years as the recommended age for initiating CRC ...
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Ditching Pre-Colonoscopy Visits Reaches More for Screening
To capture patients who find the traditional two-visit colonoscopy process too onerous, some practices have ...
JUNE 17, 2022
Many Average-Risk Americans Behind On CRC Screening
An analysis of more than 26 million Americans has found that only about half of average-risk adults are up-to-date ...
APRIL 18, 2022
Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Syndromes
Between 3% and 6% of all gastrointestinal cancers are attributed to well-defined inherited syndromes.
MARCH 28, 2022
Spreading Colorectal Cancer Awareness in the Latino Community
We have to prove we are willing to do the work to earn the trust of people in marginalized communities.
MARCH 28, 2022
12 Things Patients Say About Colorectal Cancer
Do you feel that you really listen to your patients? I bet you aren’t listening to them as well as you should ...
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The Scope: A Conversation With Dr. Benjamin Levy, Cellist, Impresario, GI
In this episode, Adam Marcus and David Robbins, MD, talk with Benjamin Levy, MD, of Mount Sinai Hospital in ...
MAY 6, 2021
The Scope: The New York Times vs. Colonoscopy
Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, the president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, discusses the ...
JANUARY 28, 2021
A New Text Message Initiative to Support Colon Ca Patients
Brian Dooreck, MD, of Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Centers in Pembroke Pines, Fla., has diagnosed colorectal cancer ...
DECEMBER 17, 2020
