GI & Endoscopy

Troy, Mich.-based Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Center is an AmSurg center providing patients with gastroenterology services.

Here are four updates on GI companies from the past week:

UC San Diego researchers discovered that a synthetic double-stranded RNA, plC, can boost anti-tumor innate immune functions in developing liver cancer.

A study, published in Gastroenterology, examined how differences in insurance coverage, comorbidity, tumor characteristics and treatment affected colorectal cancer survival in African American and white patients.

The Colon Cancer Foundation and New York Jets' running back Bilal Powell partnered to promote colon cancer awareness and generate research funding.

Thomas Ma, MD, is a gastroenterologist who will join State College, Pa.-based Penn State College of Medicine, to serve as chair of the department of medicine, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico is awarding its Presidential Award of Distinction to Robert Strickland, MD, PhD.

Here is how five major, publicly traded gastroenterology companies fared in the stock market for the week of Nov. 6 to Nov. 10, 2017.

A study, published in Gastroenterology, examined the incidence rate and treatment of 60-year-old and older patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

A study, presented at 2017 Digestive Disease Week, May 7 to May 9 in Chicago, explored whether patients with intermediate-risk adenomas needed surveillance colonoscopies, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News reports.