Peter Apicella, MD, chief of radiology at Salem Community Hospital says virtual CT colonoscopy involves a less intense preparation, does not require sedation, is less invasive and provides minimal disruption to a patient’s routine, in an article in MD News.
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Researchers found obese patients were significantly less likely to have a tumor with deficient DNA mismatch repair status, a phenotype associated with improved outcomes in colorectal cancer, than normal-weight patients according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Santiago Horgan, MD, chief of minimally invasive surgery at UC San Diego Health System, was the first surgeon in the U.S. to remove a gallbladder through a patient’s belly button, according to a UCSD news release.
Researchers found 80 percent of patients who developed esophageal dilatation after gastric banding required conversion to a different bariatric procedure or had the band removed, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and…
Aspire Bariatrics, a King of Prussia, Penn., medical device company developing a 10-minute tube insertion procedure to treat obesity, raised $16.2 million in a private stock sale, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.
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Delcath Systems, a development stage specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company focused on oncology, has appointed Gregory Gores, MD, the Reuben R. Eisenberg Endowed Professor in gastroenterology and hepatology, professor of medicine and chair of the division of gastroenterology and…
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy's Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program gave 27 endoscopy units a certificate of recognition for meeting ASGE guidelines on privileging, quality assurance, endoscope reprocessing and CDC infection control guidelines as well as completing an ASGE educational…
Researchers discovered that although the overall colorectal cancer mortality rate decreased from 1985-1987 and 2006-2008, the racial gap between whites and blacks increased, according to findings in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Researchers found no difference in the yield and miss rates for colonoscopies between high definition narrow band imaging and high definition white light endoscopy, according to findings published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Q. Cindy Gao, MD, has joined Southcoast Physicians Services and will practice at the Southcoast Health System at Rosebrook location in Wareham, Mass., according to a Wareham Week report.