Gastroenterology has released their monthly issue in honor of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The March 2021 issue includes a collection of articles, selected by editors-in-chief Drs. Richard M. Peek Jr. and Douglas A. Corley, that will provide you with practical research to help guide colorectal cancer prevention, screening and treatment decisions for your patients.
View the themed issue on Gastroenterology’s website. Here’s a selection of what you’ll find:
- Understanding Characteristics of Who Undergoes Testing is Crucial for the Development of Diagnostic Strategies to Identify Individuals at Risk for Early-age Onset Colorectal Cancer by Ravy K. Vajravelu, Shivan J. Mehta, James D. Lewis, Thomas B. Karasic, Ronac Mamtani and Frank I. Scott.
- Merits, Challenges, and Limitations of Randomized Trials on Colorectal Cancer Screening Effectiveness by Hermann Brenner and Amanda J. Cross.
- Disparities in Preventable Mortality from Colorectal Cancer: Are They the Result of Structural Racism? by Chyke A. Doubeni, Kevin Selby and Theodore R. Levin.
- Colonoscopist Performance and Colorectal Cancer Risk After Adenoma Removal to Stratify Surveillance: Two Nationwide Observational Studies by Michael Bretthauer, Paulina Wieszczy, Elisabeth Waldmann, Magnus Løberg, Jaroslaw Regula, Maciej Rupinski and Marek Bugajski.
- Participation in Competing Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Screening – a Randomized Health Services Study (PICCOLINO Study) by Nastazja Dagny Pilonis, Marek Bugajski, Paulina Wieszczy, Maciej Rupinski, Malgorzata Pisera, Edyta Pawlak, Jaroslaw Regula, Michal Filip Kaminski.
- Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status are Associated with Prolonged Time to Treatment After a Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer: A Large Population-Based Study by Aileen Bui, Liu Yang, Anthony Myint and Folasade P. May.
- Colonoscopy with Polypectomy Reduces Long-Term Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Both Men and Women: Extended Results from the Minnesota Colon Cancer Control Study by Aasma Shaukat, Michael Shyne, Jack S. Mandel, Dale Snover and Timothy R. Church.
View the complete March issue on colorectal cancer and access other curated collections on the Gastroenterology website.
