In this video commentary, Dr. Brant Oelschlager highlights advances in minimally invasive surgery of the GI tract as presented at the SSAT 51st annual meeting, held in conjunction with DDW 2010.
In cirrhotic patients, beta blockers can increase the risk that paracentesis for ascites will cause circulatory dysfunction, French and Belgian researchers suggest. Reuters Health Information
When colonoscopy is not possible, combining sigmoidoscopy and a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) would be superior for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening than either method alone, Japanese researchers say. Reuters Health Information
In this Expert Interview from ASCO 2008, Dr. Neal Meropol discusses practice-changing implications of newly reported findings regarding K-RAS status and other biomarker assessments. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
