Tag: Cancer: Stomach
Model Including Marital Status Prognostic for Early Gastric Cancer
Age at diagnosis, sex, histology, stage T, surgery, tumor size, and marital status were independently prognostic of overall survival
Robotic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Does Not Cut Postop Infections
But overall incidence of postoperative complications significantly lower with robotic versus laparoscopic gastrectomy
More Frequent Alcohol Consumption Ups Risk for GI Cancers
Amount of alcohol consumed in each occasion seems to be a less important risk factor
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
