GI & Endoscopy

The European Commission approved Takeda and TiGenix's perianal fistulas drug Alofisel.

Here are the five most popular gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of March 19 to March 23, 2018.

According to Medscape, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's colon cancer guidelines have changed to reflect that patients with low-risk stage III colon cancers can be treated with a shorter schedule of adjuvant chemotherapy, the largest change to the guidelines since…

A study, published in United European Gastroenterology Journal, found CDx Diagnostics Wats3D increased Barrett's esophagus and esophageal dysplasia detection by more than 80 percent.

Continental Who's Who named Kevin Collier, MD, of Silver Spring, Md.-based Capital Digestive Care, its 2018 Gastroenterologist of The Year.

Vinod Vallabh, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Cary, N.C.-based Carolina Gastroenterology.

Here are five gastroenterologists that made headlines this past week.

The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable is leading a movement to screen 80 percent of adults 50 years and older for colorectal cancer by the end of 2018.

The University of Miami Health System is expanding its bariatric surgery program by constructing a new office in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

The American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy petitioned Congress to reject the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's recommendation to eliminate the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and establish the Voluntary Value Program in its place.