Colorectal cancer screening leads the cancer prevention conversation in the GI field, but other types of GI cancer are also on the rise. A new study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and ...

New AI-powered tool uses test results to predict which Barrett's esophagus patients have a high or low risk of developing cancer in the next 5 years.

Practical strategies to screen for cancer remain a high priority for public health. For all types of cancer, early diagnosis gives patients the best chance of positive outcomes. Early diagnosis ...

The study, published in Nature Communications, used family studies and genetically engineered mice to understand how gene defects contribute to disease.

Minimally invasive screening methods offer a more accessible, cost-effective way to detect Barrett’s esophagus early and help prevent esophageal cancer. Before the introduction of minimally invasive ...

The method, if validated in further study, potentially could be used as a reflex test to indicate which patients should have endoscopy for a definitive diagnosis. A description of the work was ...

Esophageal cancer can be cured - but only if it's discovered early enough, which is rarely the case. Now doctors are hoping AI will be able to help them find out which patients need screening.

A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Washington University School of Medicine has shed light on the process that drives Barrett’s esophagus formation. This condition affects the ...

CLEVELAND—Case Western Reserve University researchers have made a significant breakthrough in understanding Barrett’s esophagus, a precancerous condition that dramatically increases the risk of ...

This question cannot be accurately answered because there are no good cohort studies of Barrett's esophagus patients without dysplasia. Indeed, some experts have suggested that estimates in the ...

Investigators at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center have developed a simple, swallowable test ...

Patients with high-grade dysplasia and mucosal cancer in Barrett's esophagus are potential candidates for endoscopic eradication therapy (EET). The risk for cancer in patients with high-grade ...