GI & Endoscopy

Eduardo Alcocer, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Austin (Texas) Gastroenterology.

Harry Connick Jr. and Jill Connick partnered with Exact Sciences to promote colon cancer screening.

Four independent gastroenterology groups in Western Washington merged to form Washington Gastroenterology, in turn, becoming the largest independent practice in Washington.

Paolo Blanco, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Allentown-based Eastern Pennsylvania Gastroenterology and Liver Specialists.

Daniel Cornett, MD, joined the staff of Duluth, Minn.-based St. Luke's Gastroenterology Associates, the Duluth News Tribune reports.

A study, published in the Annals of Oncology, examined Europe's colorectal cancer mortality rate, estimating that 2018 mortality rates for most cancers are supposed to fall by 7 percent when compared to 2012 rates.

Here are the five most popular gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of March 12 to March 16, 2018.

Mark Griffin, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Lincoln, Neb.-based Gastroenterology Specialists.

Colonoscopy is significantly associated with colorectal cancer mortality reduction, according to a case-control study of Veterans Affairs-CMS administrative data in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Here are three gastroenterologists that made headlines this past week.