Tag: Cancer: Stomach
Mortality Risk Up for Fragmented Care After Complex Cancer Surgery
Mortality higher for patients readmitted to outside hospital rather than index hospital after hepatopancreatobiliary or gastric cancer surgery
Opdivo Plus Chemotherapy Approved for Treatment of Gastric Cancer
FDA granted Opdivo first approval of immunotherapy for first-line treatment of advanced or metastatic gastric cancer
Linked Color Imaging Detects More Neoplastic Upper GI Lesions
More neoplastic lesions initially diagnosed in the examination group undergoing LCI first
Gastric Cancer Incidence in Those ≥50 Differs by Race/Ethnicity
Incidence of noncardia gastric adenocarcinoma higher in nonwhites than in non-Hispanic whites
Regular Aspirin Use Tied to Lower Risk for Digestive Tract Cancers
Favorable effect increases with longer duration of use, and, for colorectal cancer, with increasing dose
H. pylori Eradication Cuts Gastric Cancer Risk in Those With Family History
Gastric cancer risk reduced among those with H. pylori infection plus first-degree relatives with gastric cancer
Incidence of Early-Onset Gastric Cancer Increasing in the U.S.
Early-onset gastric cancer linked to higher grade, signet-ring cells, diffuse histology, metastatic disease
H. Pylori Infection Must Be Wiped Out to Cut Gastric Cancer Risk
Risk for gastric cancer tied to H. pylori infection higher in blacks, Asians, Hispanics/Latinos
Four Studies Look at Global Burden of Digestive Diseases
Global burdens of colorectal, pancreatic, stomach cancers and inflammatory bowel disease examined
H. Pylori Treatment May Reduce Gastric Cancer Incidence, Death
Reductions in gastric cancer mortality seen with H. pylori treatment, vitamin, garlic supplementation