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Providing Personalized Risk Messages Has No Overall Effect on CRC Screening Uptake or Test Completion
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3, 2025 – Including personalized risk for advanced colorectal neoplasia (ACN) in a decision aid or provider notification has no overall effect in terms of colorectal cancer (CRC)...
Medical Debt in Collections Persists After Cancer Diagnosis
TUESDAY, Sept. 2, 2025 – Modest amounts of medical debt in collections persist for years after cancer diagnosis, according to a study published online Aug. 28 in JAMA Oncology. Nishant Uppal, M.D.,...
Many Cancer Patients Say Doctors Aren't Honoring Their Treatment Desires
TUESDAY, Aug. 26, 2025 — Frequently, patients with advanced cancer simply want to be made as comfortable as possible as they wind down their final days. Doctors aren’t listening to their desires, a ne...
Autoimmune Diseases Linked to Digestive System Cancers
FRIDAY, Aug. 15, 2025 – Autoimmune diseases are associated with certain digestive system cancers, according to a review published in the September issue of eClinicalMedicine. Julia Reizner, from the...
Gut Docs Lose Their Edge Leaning On AI Assistance For Colonscopy
THURSDAY, Aug. 14, 2025 — Artificial intelligence (AI) is being touted as a means of improving doctors’ effectiveness, but the new tool might dull their skills in some instances, a new study argues. S...
Adenoma Detection Rate of Standard Colonoscopy Declines After Exposure to AI-Assisted Colonoscopy
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 – Exposure to artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted colonoscopy is associated with a reduction in the adenoma detection rate (ADR) by endoscopists performing standard...
Mailed At-Home Test Kits Most Effective for Boosting Colorectal Cancer Screening
TUESDAY, Aug. 12, 2025 – Mailing a stool-based test directly to people's homes is the most effective strategy for increasing colorectal cancer screening rates, according to a study published online...
Sending Unsolicited Stool Test Kits The Best Way To Boost Colon Cancer Screening, Study Argues
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 — Automatically mailing a stool test kit to people’s homes might be the best way to boost colon cancer screening among younger adults, a new study says. More 45- to 49-...
Local Colorectal Cancer Incidence on the Rise in Adults Aged 45 to 49 Years
THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 – Among adults aged 45 to 49 years, local colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence increased from 2019 to 2022 and CRC screening increased from 2019 to 2023, according to two studies...
Follow-Up on Blood-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Results Is Low
TUESDAY, Aug. 5, 2025 – Just under half of patients receiving an abnormal blood-based colorectal cancer screening test result receive a follow-up colonoscopy (FU-CY) within six months, according to ...
Blood-Based Colon Cancer Tests Work, But Many Patients Skip Follow-Up
WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025 — You try one of the new blood-based tests for colon cancer, and unfortunately, the results come back “abnormal.” Those are alarming findings, of course. But for too many U.S...
GI Cancers On The Rise Among Younger Adults
MONDAY, July 21, 2025 — GI cancers among people 50 and younger are rising at an alarming rate, increasing in the U.S. faster than any other type of early onset cancer, according to a pair of new s...
Experts Say There’s No Safe Amount of Processed Meat
THURSDAY, July 10, 2025 — A new study finds that eating even a little processed meat, drinking soda or consuming trans fats puts you at risk for serious health problems. The research, published r...
Considerable Proportion of Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Claims Involve Cost-Sharing
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 – A considerable proportion of bowel preparation claims for screening colonoscopy involve patient cost-sharing, according to a research letter published online June 20 in...
CRC as First of Multiple Primary Malignancies Tied to Better Outcomes Than CRC as Only Malignancy
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 – Compared with colorectal cancer (CRC) presenting as an isolated primary or second primary malignancy, CRC presenting as the first of multiple primary malignancies less...