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Research Summary
Research Summary
09/26/2024
Miranda Manier, BA
Researchers conducted a cross-sectional clinical trial with 8920 participants to evaluate whether a multitarget stool RNA test could serve as a noninvasive tool for detecting colorectal cancer, offering an...
09/26/2024
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Nutritional Pearl
12/04/2023
Your patient is a 38-year-old man who consumes primarily sugar-sweetened drinks with his meals. Along with weight gain, he is concerned about other problems these drinks may cause and asks what are the...
12/04/2023
Research Summary
Research Summary
10/27/2023
Jessica Ganga
The American College of Physicians have released an updated set of guidelines addressing when and how clinicians should screen for colorectal cancer in patients.
10/27/2023

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Nutritional Pearl
12/04/2023
Your patient is a 38-year-old man who consumes primarily sugar-sweetened drinks with his meals. Along with weight gain, he is concerned about other problems these drinks may cause and asks what are the...
12/04/2023

Clinical Insights

Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer
03/13/2020
Violeta Popov, MD, PhD, and colleagues answer our questions about their research on the relationship between weight parameters and colorectal cancer survival presented at the ACG 2019 Annual Meeting.
03/13/2020
Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
07/16/2015
In patients with potentially resectable colorectal liver metastases, the use of combined PET and CT imaging identifies those with occult extrahepatic disease and who are therefore deemed incurable,...
07/16/2015
Screening
Screening
04/29/2010
Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, answers our questions about the age at which CRC screening is necessary, the risks and benefits of screening patients older than age 75, and how to individualize screening decision...
04/29/2010