A study, published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, examined why patients visited emergency departments after colonoscopies to assess a proposed quality measure. Laurie Grossberg, MD, of Boston-based ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. – January 28, 2014 – A new study reports that in the absence of biopsy-proven invasive cancer, a second colonoscopy done at an expert center may be appropriate to reevaluate ...

Colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women in the United States and the second-leading cause in men. Colorectal cancer includes cancers arising in the colon or ...

The study was designed as a randomized controlled open trial, and was conducted at the Department of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of large colorectal adenomas resulted in a lower recurrence rate compared with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), but the more technically complex ESD had a ...

There are substantial changes in store for lower GI endoscopy procedures in 2015. Here are 12 things to know about the revisions, according to the American Gastroenterological Association. • The CPT ...

A new study reports that in the absence of biopsy-proven invasive cancer, a second colonoscopy done at an expert center may be appropriate to reevaluate patients referred for surgical resection. In ...

In the absence of biopsy-proven invasive cancer, a second colonoscopy done at an expert center may be appropriate to reevaluate patients referred for surgical resection, reports a new study. In the ...