Colorectal Cancer Perspective

• Colorectal Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 2: Colorectal Liver Metastases   The case focuses on a 32-year-old man whose colonoscopy showed a non-bleeding mass about 2-3 cm above the anal verge with some symptoms of mild partial obstruction. His staging imaging demonstrates multiple liver lesions, a mid-rectal thickening, and some small pulmonary nodules.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• The Case for 'Safe' Step Therapy   David Kerr discusses step therapy, focusing on the potential to provide more access to innovative cancer medicines globally.
  Medscape Oncology, May 02, 2022
• Best CRC Treatment De-intensification: Better Screening   Mark Lewis, MD, discusses the decline in colorectal cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic and his hopes for the future.
  Medscape Oncology, April 27, 2022
• How Many Trials Does It Take to Make You Do the Right Thing? Are the radiation oncologists who are slow to adopt short-course RT for rectal cancer being prudently cautious or attentive to their own bottom line?
  Medscape Blogs, March 29, 2022
• Let's Do More to Support Ukrainian Refugees with Cancer   Oncologist David Kerr pays tribute to colleagues who are helping Ukrainian patients with cancer flee the war.
  Medscape Oncology, March 23, 2022
• Focusing Cancer Resources After the Pandemic: Best Practices   Professor David Kerr discusses a recent article providing a clear base on which to start to rebuild health economies of low- and middle-income countries after the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Oncology, March 11, 2022
• We're Finally Beginning to Crack the KRAS Nut in Colorectal Cancer   After 30 years, we may at last have drugs to treat KRAS G12C-mutant colorectal cancer.
  Medscape Oncology, March 08, 2022
• Top 10 Tips for Performing Surveillance in IBD   Dr David Johnson shares recent recommendations from Dr Uma Mahadevan, an expert in the field of IBD, and how to best follow these patients at risk for cancer.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, March 02, 2022
• Racism in Medicine: But Where Do You Really Come From? Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, looks at the pervasiveness of racism in medicine, and how misunderstanding can come into play.
  Medscape Oncology, January 28, 2022
• Jeopardy! Champion's Parents Sue Doctors, Hospital When Patient Dies After Colectomy How did a routine colectomy end in a young man's death?
  Medscape Business of Medicine, January 28, 2022
• GICS 2022 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from GICS 2022
  Medscape Oncology, January 21, 2022
• Colorectal Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 1: Newly Diagnosed With Moderately Differentiated Rectal Adenocarcinoma   This case focuses on a 53-year-old male otherwise healthy with a newly diagnosed moderately differentiated rectal adenocarcinoma. The team discusses treatment strategies after a traditional excision.
  Medscape, January 03, 2022
• Germline Signatures of Toxicity: A Fertile Field   Dr David Kerr discusses a recent genome-wide association study conducted to investigate germline signatures of toxicity.
  Medscape Oncology, December 23, 2021
• The Year in Gastroenterology Literature: 11 Must-Reads New guidelines, expert reviews, and clinical studies offered plenty of practice-changing possibilities in 2021, according to Dr David Johnson.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, December 23, 2021
• The Year in Medicine 2021: News That Made a Difference The ongoing pandemic, approval of a controversial Alzheimer's drug, and a JAMA podcast on racism are among the topics that made headlines this year.
  Medscape News Slideshows, December 22, 2021
• The Never-Ending Global Struggle With Drug Costs   How can we make innovative drugs available to low-income countries when we cannot even get affordable generics to them?
  Medscape Oncology, November 16, 2021
• Early Detection May Define the Future of Pancreatic Cancer Care   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Lynn Matrisian, PhD, MBA, chief science officer of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), about new screening tests for pancreatic cancer and the hope of finding this hard-to-diagnose condition earlier.
  WebMD, November 05, 2021
• 11 Studies to Know From ACG 2021   Dr David Johnson shares new data with "eye-opening" implications from this year's American College of Gastroenterology meeting.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 04, 2021
• What Happens if a Multidisciplinary Tumor Board Cannot Agree?   Professor David Kerr discusses what may happen when a multidisciplinary tumor board cannot reach a decision on a case.
  Medscape Oncology, October 29, 2021
• 13 New Recommendations for Managing Colorectal Dysplasia in IBD Dr David Johnson highlights the AGA's recent practice-changing tips for detecting and treating colorectal cancer in these high-risk patients.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, October 20, 2021