Prolonged intervals between surveillance colonoscopies following colorectal cancer resection should be avoided to minimise the risk of missing advanced neoplasia, Australian doctors say. The Flinders…
Clinicians are calling for mandatory pregnancy tests for women undergoing chemotherapy in combination with immunotherapy. It follows research from late last year which found only…
Patients aged 45-49 can soon request a free bowel cancer testing kit under Federal Government changes to screening age thresholds. The new criteria announced in…
The prevalence of colorectal cancer is low for patients undergoing colonoscopy after an episode of uncomplicated diverticulitis, according to a US study published in Clinical…
Total colectomy is the most significant risk factor for anastomotic leak following colon cancer resections, putting patients at four times higher risk of the catastrophic…
Seven people have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer after more than 1000 repeat colonoscopies were performed on patients believed to have had incomplete procedures under…
Over-80s with colorectal cancer are far less likely to receive adjuvant chemotherapy than younger patients despite having similar oncological and post-resection outcomes, Australian doctors say. Their…
Small colorectal polyps that grow at follow-up screening are three times more likely to have advanced histology than stable or regressing polyps, show results from…
Bowel cancer screening participation has gone backwards for the first time since 2014, falling to 41% of eligible patients in the most recent reporting period.…
Carrying out two stool-based tests improves sensitivity and cuts the number of missed colorectal cancers, according to a UK study. Researchers compared the diagnostic performance…
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