Circulating Tumor DNA Blood Test Shows Promise for Colorectal Cancer Screening

A circulating tumor DNA–based blood test demonstrated its ability to accurately detect colorectal cancer ...

JULY 24, 2025

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Braftovi for Some Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

The FDA granted accelerated approval to encorafenib (Braftovi, Array BioPharma, a subsidiary of Pfizer) with ...

JANUARY 14, 2025

SONICBEAT™ Ultrasonic Dissector in Colorectal Surgery: Dissection, Grasping, and Cutting Precision

In laparoscopic surgery for the management of both benign and malignant colorectal conditions, optimal ...

AUGUST 20, 2024

Lifestyle Matters in Young-Onset CRC

Lifestyle factors are significantly correlated with the incidence of and mortality from colorectal cancer in ...

JUNE 6, 2023

Colorectal Cancer Surgery Outcomes Unaffected by General Anesthetic

The choice of general anesthetic regimen—either total intravenous anesthesia or volatile ...

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Family History of Polyps Raises CRC Risk

You ask your new patients if they have a family history of colorectal cancer, but do you ask them about a history ...

OCTOBER 11, 2021

KRAS Mutation Predicts Response to HAI Pump in Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases

In patients with unresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer, mutated KRAS predicts worse response to ...

AUGUST 2, 2021

Family History Itself Not Reason For Frequent CRC Screening

For people with a family history of colorectal cancer but a negative screening colonoscopy, waiting 10 years for ...

JANUARY 25, 2021

Deadly Delays in CRC Screening During COVID-19 Pandemic

Delays in colorectal cancer screenings during this year’s coronavirus pandemic will result in a 12% increase ...

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Paradigm-Changing Study Results for MSI-H Metastatic CRC

Front-line therapy with pembrolizumab doubled progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy in patients with ...

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Anastomotic Leak: Predicting Failure to Rescue Using the Modified Frailty Index

Age and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status may be useful in predicting which patients will not ...

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Colorectal Cancer Risk Calculators Don’t Compute

A new study of risk calculators found that the assessments consistently included information about age, sex, body ...

NOVEMBER 10, 2020