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WCGC 2021Antibiotic Linked to Rise in Early-Onset Colon Cancer?Any antibiotic exposure appears to increase the risk of colon cancer by almost 50% in people aged under 50 years, say UK researchers, although experts warn more work is needed to show causality.
Drug-Drug Interactions to Avoid in Patients With GI CancerPatients with gastrointestinal tumors can have potentially life-threatening complications from drug-drug interactions, including,
for example, reactions between PPIs and cepacitabine.
Medscape Medical News, Jul 08, 2020
Entrectinib Results Emphasize Need for
NTRK Detection
Although NTRK fusion genes are rare in gastrointestinal cancers, they should be looked for, inasmuch as responses to the TRK
inhibitor entrectinib are robust and durable, say experts.
