GI & Endoscopy

Xuong Lu, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Pittsburgh Gastroenterology Associates.

Here are two gastroenterologists in the news this past week.

American College of Gastroenterology has released new clinical guidelines in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Synergy Pharmaceuticals has received FDA approval for Trulance (plecanatide), a treatment for adult chronic idiopathic constipation.

Reno, Nev.-based Gastroenterology Consultants welcomed James Doyle, MD, according to Northern Nevada Business Weekly.

VMG Health's 2016 Intellimarker Multi-Specialty ASC Study includes statistics on ASC revenue per case.

Juan Pablo Blum-Guzman, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Borland-Groover Clinic.

Here are updates on GI companies to note.

Lanreotideautogel/depot may be a safe management technique for patients with metastatic intestinal and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, according to research presented at the 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

A study in World Journal of Gastroenterology investigated whether offering noninvasive multitarget stool DNA tests would improve colorectal cancer screening rates.