Bradenton-based Florida Digestive Health Specialists added four gastroenterologists to its network, two in Sarasota, Fla., and two in Largo, Fla.
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Data from Amsurg released Oct. 1 show nearly 200,000 patients have missed colonoscopies since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
Press Ganey awarded Wilmington, N.C.-based NHRMC Physician Group Endoscopy Center a 2020 Guardian of Excellence Award, StarNews Online reports.
The American Cancer Society released its 2020 colorectal cancer projections, estimating how the disease has grown in the U.S.
The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 147,950 new cases of colorectal cancer this year and 53,200 deaths nationwide.
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Here are six updates from gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:
Micro-Tech Endoscopy released its Napoleon measuring device, a ruler that sits next to a lesion during a colonoscopy to allow for more accurate polyp measurements, dbusiness reports.
The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 147,950 new cases of colorectal cancer this year and 53,200 deaths nationwide.
Three gastroenterologists joined a practice over the last seven days:
A new blood test can detect celiac disease with 95 percent accuracy without requiring a biopsy, in what could be a breakthrough for diagnostic testing, Celiac.com reports.