Today's Top 20 Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Stories
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Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center launch early-onset CRC center — 4 insights
Boston-based Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center opened the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center in response to elevated CRC rates in young adults. - 3/8/19 -
5 must-read articles for GI physicians this week: Feb. 28 - March 6
Here are the five most-read gastroenterology articles on Becker's ASC Review for the week of Feb. 28 through March 6. - 3/7/19 -
Dr. Theodore DaCosta opens New Jersey gastroenterology practice — 3 insights
Theodore A DeCosta, MD, recently opened The Gastro Center in West Orange, N.J. - 3/7/19 -
Lane Gastroenterology distributing free CRC detection tests — 3 insights
Zachary, La.-based Lane Gastroenterology is providing its patients free colorectal cancer diagnostic tests in recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, The Advocate reports. - 3/7/19 -
AI's next target? NASH — 4 insights
A Boston-based firm is developing an artificial intelligence algorithm that can detect missed cases of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News reports. - 3/7/19 -
American College of Gastroenterology, Access HealthNet & more: 4 GI company key notes
Here are four updates on gastroenterology and industry-relevant companies to note from the past week: - 3/6/19 -
GI leader to know: Dr. Valeria Cohran of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Valeria Cohran, MD, is the intestinal rehabilitation and transplantation director at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. - 3/6/19 -
Americans wait until 58 to begin CRC screening, AmSurg data says — 5 insights
Despite guidelines to begin colorectal cancer screening at 45, newly released data said Americans put off their initial screening until 58. - 3/6/19 -
GI physician stumps for step therapy reform in Florida: 3 insights
Gastroenterologist Vaibhav Wadhwa, MD, met with an associate of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz,D-Fla., to discuss step therapy reform. - 3/5/19 -
Dr. Charles Friel dons 'Paulie the Polyp' costume to raise colorectal cancer awareness
Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Medical Center colorectal surgeon Charles Friel, MD, dressed up as a red colon polyp to educate staff and patients about colon cancer prevention, CBS 19 reported. - 3/5/19 -
AI-assisted colonoscopy improves polyp, adenoma detection — 5 study insights
A study published in Gut analyzed the effectiveness of Shanghai Wision AI's artificial intelligence-based computer aided detection system, which found significantly more adenomas and polyps than standard colonoscopy alone. - 3/5/19 -
WVU researchers evaluating new CRC blood test: 6 insights
Morgantown-based West Virginia University Cancer Institute researchers are assessing a novel blood test for detecting colorectal cancer. - 3/4/19 -
GI physician compares FIT & colonoscopy effectiveness
Kevin Liebovich, MD, a gastroenterologist at Gurnee, Ill.-based Lake Shore Gastroenterology, weighed the pros and cons of at-home fecal immunochemical tests and colonoscopies in a Milwaukee Business Journal article. - 3/4/19 -
Schneck Medical Center provides free coloCARE kits
Seymour, Ind.-based Schneck Medical Center is providing free coloCARE kits, the Seymour Tribune reports. - 3/4/19 -
GI leader to know: Dr. Niraj Jani of GBMC Healthcare
Niraj Jani, MD, is the gastroenterology division chief at Towson, Md. -based GBMC Healthcare. - 3/4/19 -
Doing more — Gastroenterologists should go beyond their office to promote CRC screening
It's a rainy day in New York City; three people representing the Colon Cancer Coalition stand on the street holding signs attempting to educate young adults about colorectal cancer. A young man walks by, "Colon, that's by your lungs, right?" - 3/4/19 -
GI leader to know: Dr. Kenneth Vega of the Medical College of Georgia Department of Medicine
Kenneth J. Vega, MD, is the gastroenterology and hepatology division chief at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. - 3/1/19 -
12 GIs to know in February 2019
Here are 12 gastroenterologists Becker's ASC Review featured in February: - 2/28/19 -
5 must-read articles for GI physicians this week
Here are the five most-read gastroenterology articles from this past week: - 2/28/19 -
ACG releases ulcerative colitis clinical guideline — 4 insights
The American College of Gastroenterology published a clinical guideline on adult ulcerative colitis in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. - 2/28/19