Due to higher participation rates, CT colonography screening for colorectal cancer is more cost-effective than colonoscopy screening, according to a study in Radiology.
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Fred Fowler, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolina Digestive.
Rochester, Minn-based Mayo Clinic's Paul Limburg, MD, is joining Exact Sciences as the company's co-CMO.
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy rebuked a story by Kaiser Health News and USA Today, stressing how millions of procedures have been safely performed in an ASC or hospital setting.
Daniel Stout, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Carmel, Ind.-based Digestive Health Center.
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Providence, R.I.-based University Gastroenterology partnered with Providence College Athletics to raise colon cancer awareness.
An unauthorized third party possibly gained access to approximately 135,000 patient records at Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Surgery & Endoscopy Center Jan. 8., the Timesunion reports.
Boston Scientific acquired EMcision to expand its gastrointestinal endoscopy offerings.
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Warren G. Butt, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Newark-based Gastroenterology Associates of Delaware.