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501. New York gastroenterologist loses medical license & 4 other must-read articles
... percent sensitivity and 87 percent specificity rates for detecting all stages of colorectal cancer, the test is heavily marketed and has seen significant growth recently. Read more about it here. More ...09 March 2020 -
502. 'Wake-up call' — Half of new CRC diagnoses are early onset
Early-onset colorectal cancer rates continue to confound clinicians and researchers, with a new report claiming half of all new diagnoses were in people 66 and younger, CNN reports. The American Cancer ...05 March 2020 -
503. Gastroenterology still an attractive specialty for PE investment: 4 must-read articles
... sensitivity and 87 percent specificity rates for detecting all stages of colorectal cancer, the test is heavily marketed and has seen significant growth recently. Read more here. 3. Most Medicare patients ...02 March 2020 -
504. Gastro Health makes 3 acquisitions & 4 other must read articles
... Niagara and Endoscopy Center of Western New York — are making ownership changes involving non-physician owners. Read more here. 4. The U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer updated its 2012 ...24 February 2020 -
505. Pure chaos — What a world without ASCs would look like
... in colonoscopies would lead to a surge in colorectal cancers. Delays in cataract and glaucoma surgery would lead to a surge in blindness. Delays in brachytherapy would contribute to the deaths of those ...24 February 2020 -
506. Stark Law exceptions, CRNA practice expansion & more — 11 ASC regulation updates
... pricing. Colorado could soon require insurers to cover colorectal cancer screening costs beginning at age 45 instead of 50. More articles on improving performance: ASC donates $1M to free clinic program ...24 February 2020 -
507. Primary care physicians order most Cologuard tests; 71% of Medicare population completes test within a year
... had higher adherence rates (78 percent) than those ordered by PCPs (70.7 percent) or other specialists. 3. Patients in states with both high and low levels of colorectal cancer screening rates both demonstrated ...20 February 2020 -
508. The rise of Cologuard & 4 other must-read articles
... detecting all stages of colorectal cancer, the test is heavily marketed and has seen significant growth recently. Click here to read a roundup of the company-reported quarterly testing numbers for Cologuard, ...17 February 2020 -
509. What to expect from Exact in 2020 & more: 7 GI industry key notes
... Read more. Mercy Health-Lorain (Ohio) Hospital opened a gastroenterology center in a vacant space in the facility. The U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer updated its 2012 recommendations ...12 February 2020 -
510. Exact Sciences posts $296M in Q4 revenues — 5 quotes on the company's future
... to validate performance." On blood-based colorectal cancer tests: "I think there is a role for blood-based tests. We think that will be a smaller role compared to those tests with a longer interval [for] ...12 February 2020 -
511. 10 reasons text reminders can be a GI recall program game-changer
Statistics show that about one in three of U.S. adults ages 50-75 are not getting screened for colorectal cancer as recommended. This means millions of people are missing the chance to prevent the ...11 February 2020 -
512. The rise of Cologuard — Tracking Exact Sciences' journey
Exact Sciences' multitarget stool DNA test, Cologuard, is divisive. Touting 92 percent sensitivity and 87 percent specificity rates for detecting all stages of colorectal cancer, the test is heavily marketed ...10 February 2020 -
513. Colorectal cancer task force updates guidelines for colonoscopy follow-up — 3 insights
The U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer updated its 2012 recommendations for postcolonoscopy follow-up with or without polypectomy, according to an article in Gastroenterology Consultant. ...10 February 2020 -
514. February 2020 Issue of Becker's ASC Review
... in 2030: What the specialty will look like in 10 years As the decade comes to a close in gastroenterology, the specialty has never been at a point of more promise. Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality ...07 February 2020 -
515. Lowering the CRC screening age to 45: Pros and cons
Two leading gastroenterologists debated colorectal cancer screening at the 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Jan. 23-25 in San Francisco, as reported by Targeted Oncology. What you should know: ...06 February 2020 -
516. Nurse navigators increase CRC screening completion rates, study says
Nurse navigators increased the chances of patients completing colorectal cancer screenings, Clinical Advisor reports. A study in the Journal of Cancer Education examined CRC screening rates in a cohort ...06 February 2020 -
517. 10 colonoscopy, endoscopy developments for ASC leaders to know
... procedures will also be driven by heightened awareness of early-onset colon cancer. 5. Fight Colorectal Cancer and Colon Cancer Coalition partnered to fund research looking at the differences in biology ...05 February 2020 -
518. Surveillance colonoscopy possibly prevented 30% of CRC cases, study says
Researchers attempted to quantify the effect surveillance colonoscopy had on colorectal cancer prevention in a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Researchers followed patients ...05 February 2020 -
519. 5 trends affecting the gastroenterology specialty
... next 10 years. As the decade comes to a close in gastroenterology, the specialty has never been at a point of more promise. Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates are decreasing as screening rates ...03 February 2020 -
520. AGA publishes new UC guideline & more: 6 GI industry key notes
... group's New York offices in Amherst and Wheatfield. Colorado could soon require insurers to cover colorectal cancer screening costs beginning at age 45 instead of 50 if the Colorado Cancer Coalition and ...29 January 2020