GI & Endoscopy

Neil Gupta, MD, wrote an article in Gastroenterology featuring four ways to improve your adenoma detection rate.

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Nov. 21 to Nov. 25, 2016.

Here are four updates on gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

After identifying the Guanylate Cyclase C enzyme in the early 1990s, Scott Waldman, MD, and Adam Snook, MD, are set to take a vaccine that targets the enzyme to destroy metastatic tumors to a phase II trial in 2017.

Marlborough, Mass.-based Boston Scientific completed its purchase of Alpharetta, Ga.-based EndoChoice for $210 million in cash, the Minnesota StarTribune reports.

Grey, Maine-based Enercon Technologies is expanding from its 35,000-square-foot headquarters to a new 69,000-square-foot facility, Worcester Business Journal reports.

Fadi Annaba, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Springfield (Ill.) Clinic.

A study in Gastroenterology found that outreach initiatives increase rates of ultrasound screening for liver cancer.

Muhammad Ali, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Consultants of San Antonio.

To prevent funding for the National Institutes of Health from falling flat, the AGA is urging its members to contact Congress and tell local Senators to pass the FY 2017 appropriations bill.