GI & Endoscopy

  Olympus launched two single-use devices — procedure kits and hybrid tubing — to reduce cross-contamination, according to a Nov. 4 press release.

  Here are four updates from gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:

Motus GI Holdings and New York City-based NYU Langone Health launched a clinical protocol to incorporate the Pure-Vu GEN2 system into NYU Langone's colonoscopy workflow.

  Some patients with rectal cancer may only need radiation and chemotherapy, with no surgery, according to a Nov. 2 report from Medscape.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force proposed lowering the colorectal cancer screening age to 45 in response to growing early-onset CRC rates Oct. 27.

Colon cancer patients who were operated on by technically skilled surgeons had better survival rates, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.  

The Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation awarded the 2020 Sherman Prizes to David Rubin, MD, Gary Wu, MD, and Jessica Allegretti, MD.

Gastrointestinal surgeons Kevin Staveley-O'Carroll, MD, PhD, and Jussuf Kaifi, MD, PhD, led a surgery on former NFL player Jim Foltz for 20 hours to remove several GI cancers, local news affiliate KTVO reports.

  Here are the five most-read articles about gastroenterology and endoscopy from Oct. 22-30:

David Greenwald, MD, was elected as the 2020-21 president of the American College of Gastroenterology during the college's virtual 2020 meeting, Oct. 23-28.