OncLive and Washington, D.C.-based Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancer will recognize five individuals for their contributions to gastrointestinal cancer care at The Luminary Awards in GI Cancers, Nov. 29 in Washington D.C.
GI & Endoscopy
Salt Lake City-based University of Utah researchers developed the Spherical Actuator Magnetic Manipulator, which can be used to improve non-invasive colonoscopy, PC Mag reports.
After opening his own practice, Rajiv Sharma, MD, of Indiana-based Digestive Health Associates, was looking for an EHR; what he found was family.
Allan Coates, DO, is a gastroenterologist at Wyoming-based Gastroenterology Associates of Western Michigan.
Colorectal cancer is the third most common and second deadliest cancer in the U.S., but through regular screening the cancer can be cured completely when caught early enough.1
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The endoscope reprocessing market is on the precipice of a boom, according to a Market Research Engine report.
A group of multispecialty physicians started #VerifyHealthcare, an Instagram campaign promoting transparency on the social media platform.
Gastroenterologists criticized the effectiveness of Exact Sciences' Cologuard in opinion pieces in STAT and the Peoria Journal Star, but still recommend it to patients as a second-tier option. Physicians highlighted the test's limitations, while acknowledging its value as an alternative…
Hundreds of people donned boxers over their clothes and ran their butts off to fundraise for the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, Fox 2 reports.
Tsion Abdi, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Columbia, Md.-based Johns Hopkins Gastroenterology and Hepatology of Howard County.