Valeria Cohran, MD, is the intestinal rehabilitation and transplantation director at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
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Despite guidelines to begin colorectal cancer screening at 45, newly released data said Americans put off their initial screening until 58.
Gastroenterologist Vaibhav Wadhwa, MD, met with an associate of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz,D-Fla., to discuss step therapy reform.
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.
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.
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Morgantown-based West Virginia University Cancer Institute researchers are assessing a novel blood test for detecting colorectal cancer.
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.
Seymour, Ind.-based Schneck Medical Center is providing free coloCARE kits, the Seymour Tribune reports.
Niraj Jani, MD, is the gastroenterology division chief at Towson, Md. -based GBMC Healthcare.
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?"