Noncolorectal Gastrointestinal Cancer News

• H pylori May Undermine Immunotherapy Response in Gastric Cancer H pylori infection was associated with shorter progression-free and overall survival. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, May 20, 2022
• Improved Cancer Survival in States with ACA Medicaid Expansion An increase in cancer survival rates has been seen in states that implemented Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• What Is the Optimal Treatment for Multifocal Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma? In patients with multifocal intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, hepatic arterial infusion pump floxuridine chemotherapy may be an effective alternative to surgery, a cohort study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2022
• Liquid Biopsy Predicts Resistance to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Esophageal Cancer Researchers have developed and validated a liquid biopsy assay that can predict response to neoadjuvant therapy in patients with esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma, which may lead to more personalized treatment decisions.
  Reuters Health Information, May 17, 2022
• DDW 2022 Gallstone Disease May Be a Harbinger of Pancreatic Cancer Patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma were six times more likely to have had gallstone disease within the year prior to their diagnosis than noncancer patients.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• DDW 2022 Alarming Increase in Esophageal Cancer in Middle-Aged Adults The prevalence of esophageal cancer and Barett's esophagus has increased substantially among middle-aged adults during the past 5 years, warn the authors of a new study from Florida.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Stroke in the Young: Cancer in Disguise? Young stroke patients have an increased risk of being diagnosed with a new cancer in the years following their stroke, a new study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• AACE 2022 First Fatty Liver Guidelines for Endocrinology, Primary Care Endocrinologists and primary care docs 'need to be the ones who are diagnosing and managing [non-alcoholic fatty liver disease] because there just aren't enough liver specialists to do that,' says author.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Nearly 234,000 Cancer Cases Predicted in Canada This Year Although overall cancer rates are declining in Canada, the number of cases and deaths continue to climb due to population growth and an aging population.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Noninvasive Esophageal Cancer Screening May Reach More Patients Noninvasive approaches have lower sensitivity and specificity than endoscopic screening, but greater access could make them cost effective.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• Proton-Beam Therapy Increasingly Popular in the US Physicians in the US are increasingly using proton-beam therapy to treat newly diagnosed cancer patients, a new study finds.
  Reuters Health Information, May 05, 2022
• Non-endoscopic Method to Detect Esophageal Cancer Promising Esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma can be detected by analyzing a panel of methylated DNA biomarkers in cytologic samples obtained via a swallowable sponge-capsule device, researchers have found.
  Reuters Health Information, May 04, 2022
• Newly Defined Liver Disorder Associated With COVID Mortality Metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) may increase the risk from COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2022
• New Guideline on Diagnosis, Treatment of Rare GI Syndromes The US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer provides 14 recommendations for the genetic evaluation, surveillance, and treatment of gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis syndromes.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• Liquid Biopsy in HCC: Valuable Tool for Detection, Monitoring Further research is needed, though, to overcome barriers to the routine clinical use of liquid biopsy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• Pain Common, Impacts Mental Health in Older Adults With Cancer Almost 50% of older patients with cancer report moderate to severe pain, often associated with physical and mental impairments. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, April 26, 2022
• Frailty Much More Likely in Older Black Patients With GI Cancer Compared with older White patients, Black patients with gastrointestinal cancer are about two times more likely to be frail and to report impairments performing daily activities.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• APOA2 May Serve as a New Biomarker for Gastric Cancer APOA2 is over-expressed in gastric cancer tumor samples and may affect overall survival for patients. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, April 25, 2022
• High Suicide, Depression Risks for Patients With Cancer Two comprehensive studies provide strong evidence of the psychological impact cancer diagnoses and treatment can have on patients and reveal the need to ramp up mental health services.
  Medscape Medical News, April 25, 2022
• PPIs Should Be Used 'Judiciously' in Patients With Cirrhosis Experts call for 'nuanced' prescribing of proton pump inhibitors to patients with cirrhosis in a study that found lower mortality only in those with gastrointestinal bleeding.
  Medscape Medical News, April 21, 2022