Search results for "Colorectal Cancer"
Alternate-day, low-dose aspirin may reduce colorectal cancer in healthy women
Long-term use of alternate-day, low-dose aspirin may reduce risk for colorectal cancer but increase risk for gastrointestinal bleeding in healthy women, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/16/2.htm
16 Jul 2013
More primary care visits may lower colorectal cancer incidence, mortality
Medicare beneficiaries who see their primary care clinicians more often have lower colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates and lower overall mortality, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/01/1.htm
1 Oct 2013
Long-term follow-up of WHI indicates menopausal hormone therapy not helpful for chronic disease prevention
Hormone therapy after menopause is not effective for chronic disease prevention, according to a new analysis of long-term follow-up data from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/08/1.htm
8 Oct 2013
Discuss options with patients to increase colorectal cancer screening rates
Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, continues his monthly column at KevinMD.com, discussing how physicians can increase screening rates for the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/12/17/6.htm
17 Dec 2013
Home stool test will detect most colorectal cancers
Fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) have high accuracy, high specificity and moderately high sensitivity and can detect about 4 out of 5 colorectal cancers, according to an evidence review.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/04/2.htm
4 Feb 2014
Stool DNA testing more sensitive, less specific than FIT
Multitarget stool DNA testing detected significantly more cancer than fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) but had more false-positive results in asymptomatic persons at average risk for colorectal cancer, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/03/25/2.htm
25 Mar 2014
Colorectal cancer screening may be cost-effective beyond age 75 in previously unscreened patients, modeling study suggests
Colorectal cancer screening (colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or fecal immunohistochemical testing) may be cost-effective for patients older than 75 who have never been previously screened, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/03/1.htm
3 Jun 2014
PERSPECTIVES 4 ACP Internist Fulfilling Medicare patients’ requests for ...
Page 10 features an in-depth discussion of colonoscopyand its current and potential future place in screening for colorectal cancer.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/07/acpi-201407-puzzle_t1.pdf
23 Jun 2014
Changes coming for colon cancer screening
Colonoscopies are an obvious target in the current push to decrease health care costs, given their expense and utilization, said experts at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago in May.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/07/colonoscopy.htm
1 Jul 2014
Devil can be in the details for DME requests
This issue covers topics including requests for durable medical equipment (DME), screening for stages 1 to 3 chronic kidney disease, and diagnosis of meningitis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/07/editors.htm
1 Jul 2014