International research team led by Ulrike Peters, PhD, MPH, and biostatistician Hsu Li, PhD, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center discovered mutations in the NABP, LAMC1, CCND2 and TBX3 genes that increase the risk of colorectal cancer.
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Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine will open an outpatient center in Glenview, Ill. that offers gastroenterology and other primary care services. The center will have 20 to 30 physicians and is expected to open on March 1.
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine announced that it will open an outpatient center in Glenview, Ill.
A review published in Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, shows that resistant starch could help the body resist colorectal cancer through mechanisms including killing pre-cancerous cells and reducing inflammation.
The Baltimore VA Medical Center has announced that a Department of Veteran Affairs study evaluating two colorectal cancer screening methods is underway at its facility.
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St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colo., announced that its physicians are among the first in Colorado to use the world's smallest microscope during endoscopies and colonoscopies.
A study conducted at the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Fla., campus on the number of polyps physicians are expected to find during a colonoscopy revealed that the current national benchmarks for these numbers may be low.
Ari Nowain, MD, a board-certified gastroenterologist in Beverly Hills, Calif., announced that he will offer a new procedure known as Third Eye colonoscopy, an enhancement to standard colonoscopy.
MaineGeneral Health in Augusta has elected gastroenterologist David Hay, MD, to its board of directors, according to a Morning Sentinel report.
Colonoscopy Center of Excellence donated $2,000 to the Colon Cancer Alliance to support research and development in colon cancer.