Although the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all people between the ages of 50 and 75, a 2013 CDC report notes that one in three adults are not getting tested. The main reason that these…
GI & Endoscopy
The Orlando-based Florida Hospital Center for Interventional Endoscopy now uses CellvizioSystem, an endomicroscopy diagnostic device.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care Institute for Quality Improvement identified three things ASCs can implement to improve safety and increase patient satisfaction, according to a story on MedPage Today.
Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD, has received a $9.7 million five-year renewal grant from the NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to continue studying the cause of Crohn’s disease. Dr. Cominelli is the director of the Digestive…
At Digestive Disease Week 2016, several researchers presented on fecal immunochemical testing and how it is becoming the "go to" screening test for colorectal cancer, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News reports.
Here are four updates on key gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.
Categorizing Latinos as one homogeneous group might lead researchers to overlook differences based on ethnicity, nationality or socioeconomic background, according to a recent study in Current Epidemiology Reports. By analyzing cancer incidence rates for different Latino subgroups, the researchers hoped…
Ellen Beswick, PhD, has received a $1.7 million five-year grant from the NIH's National Cancer Institute to study colorectal cancer. Dr. Beswick is an associate professor at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine's department of molecular genetics and…
Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Aug. 22 to Aug. 28, 2016.
Here are 10 things to know about adenoma detection.
