Endoluminal stenting reduces stoma formation in colorectal cancer with obstruction: Study Medha Baranwal8 Dec 2022 10:00 AM ISTUK: Colorectal cancer is often presented with obstruction that requires urgent, potentially life-saving decompression. For such patients, the...
Patients undergoing Abdominal Ostomy Surgery at high risk of complications and rehospitalizations Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 Dec 2022 9:45 AM ISTPatients undergoing abdominal surgery for ostomy placement have high rates of hospital readmissions and emergency department visits-often involving...
Sigmoidoscopy screening improves Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli7 Nov 2022 9:30 AM ISTNORWAY: Sigmoidoscopy screening reduces colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and death significantly and sustainably over 15 years, according to a pooled...
Diverticular disease associated with cancer outside gastrointestinal tract Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli2 Nov 2022 8:00 PM ISTDiverticular disease can present through gastrointestinal bleeding, but also through diverticulitis when patients may have fever, nausea and abdominal...
Incidence of incisional hernia high after colorectal surgery independent of suture technique Jacinthlyn Sylvia30 Oct 2022 8:00 PM ISTA new study published in the British Journal of Surgery found incisional hernia is common following colorectal cancer surgery. At 1 or 2 years, there...
FIT as effective as multi-target stool DNA test for screening colorectal cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 Oct 2022 8:00 PM ISTUSA: For screening patients with early-stage colorectal cancer, commercially available noninvasive screening tests for colorectal cancer-a fecal...
FDA clears SKOUT, an AI-assisted device for colorectal polyp detection Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli29 Sept 2022 8:15 PM ISTUSA: A device called SKOUT has received FDA's 510(k) clearance for adults undergoing colorectal cancer screening or surveillance. SKOUT is a...
Medical Bulletin 13/September/2022 Isra Zaman13 Sept 2022 12:07 PM ISTHere are the top medical news for the day:Immunotherapy before surgery helpful for common skin cancer patients: StudyIn an international, multicenter...
Novel combination immunotherapy for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer Isra Zaman13 Sept 2022 9:45 AM ISTA physician-scientist at City of Hope, has identified a novel combination immunotherapy regimen that demonstrated significant response in a subgroup...
Patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer experience survival benefits with fruquintinib Isra Zaman13 Sept 2022 9:30 AM ISTResearchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported study results showing that the targeted therapy fruquintinib significantly...
Bowel cancer is a cancer that starts in the large bowel Isra Zaman9 Sept 2022 9:45 AM ISTColorectal cancer is more common in elderly above 50 years of age and comprise 2 percent of all cancers. Its symptoms could be disturbed bowel habits...
Fecal immunochemical testing in patients suspected colorectal cancer: ACPGBI and BSG guideline Medha Baranwal4 Sept 2022 7:30 PM ISTUK: A recent study published in the BMJ journal Gut has reported guidelines on fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) in patients with signs or symptoms...
