Survival Benefit of Palliative Gastrectomy Followed by Chemotherapy for Stage IV Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma – copy
A study found a high rate of H. Pylori in patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy for weight loss. That suggests there’s value in... Read More
ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for Surveillance of Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancers
The European Society for Clinical Oncology (ESMO) issued new recommendations for screening patients who may face a high risk of gastrointestinal cancer.... Read More
Gastric cancer risks due to CDH1 variant likely overestimated
A new study suggests that people with CDH1 mutations might not be at as high a risk for gastric cancer as previously... Read More
In JAMA Oncology Publication, GeneDx Describes Lower Lifetime Risk of Gastric Cancer Conferred by CDH1
A study by GeneDx shows that the lifetime risk for gastric cancer in people with pathogenic CDH1 variants is 42% for men... Read More
Helicobacter pylori infection, chronic atrophic gastritis and riskof stomach and esophagus cancer: Results from the prospec tivepopulation-based ESTHER cohort study
A cohort study involving nearly 10,000 patients found that infection with H. Pylori in the presence of chronic atrophic gastritis was associated... Read More
T2DM Increases Gastric Cancer Risk After H. Pylori Eradication
A new study finds that patients with type 2 diabetes who are treated for H. Pylori infection face an increased risk of... Read More
Greater Awareness Needed of Stomach Cancer Risk in Under-40s, Especially in Latin America
A study from Mexico found that one in seven people diagnosed with gastric cancer were under 40 and over half were women,... Read More
Role of vitamin D supplementation for primary prevention of cancer: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
A new analysis of multiple studies, presented at ASCO, suggests that Vitamin D may help decrease cancer-related mortality but that it has... Read More
H. pylori eradication helps reduce risk of de novo gastric cancer
Korean scientists found that eradicating H. Pylori reduces the risk of new gastric cancer diagnoses.
Heartburn drugs linked to fatal heart and kidney disease, stomach cancer
A new study links popular acid reflux drugs to an increased risk of gastric cancer.
