GI & Endoscopy

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

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.

Here are four gastroenterologists that made news in the past week:

AGA Trainee and Early Career Committee and Quality — Measures Committee member Chioma Ihunnah Anjou, MD, spoke to U.S. legislators for Advocacy Day Sept. 14.

A study published in Gastroenterology explored how organized colorectal cancer screening programs impacted community-based populations' screening rates.