Kerry Dooley Young April 05, 2023 US regulators may soon clear blood-based biomarker tests for colorectal cancer (CRC), expanding potential options for patients seeking more convenient forms of screening. Most recently, Guardant Health, Inc, announced the completion of its US premarket approval application for its Shield blood test to screen for CRC. Approval by the US Food and Drug...
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CRC Blood Tests: A Future Without Screening Colonoscopies?
Kerry Dooley Young April 05, 2023 US regulators may soon clear blood-based biomarker tests for colorectal cancer (CRC), expanding potential options for patients seeking more convenient forms of screening. Most recently, Guardant Health, Inc, announced the completion of its US premarket approval application for its Shield blood test to screen for CRC. Approval by the US Food and Drug...
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Colonoscopies save lives. Why did a trial suggest they might not?
Emily Sohn Illustration by Jasiek Krzysztofiak It was an uncomfortable moment for people who perform colonoscopies. In October, a massive randomized clinical trial in Europe presented its initial results, which suggested that, as a screening tool, colonoscopies don’t save as many lives as expected. Researchers were perplexed because the procedure had long been considered a...
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FDA Clears First AI Polyp Detection System for Colonoscopies
APRIL 15TH, 2021 MEDGADGET EDITORS GI Medtronic won FDA de novo clearance for its GI Genius endoscopy technology that can spot suspicious lesions during routine colonoscopy exams. The system works with any video colonoscope and can even process pre-recorded colonoscopies. Even highly experienced gastroenterologists can miss a polyp while navigating through the colon. Computer vision technology can carefully process...
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Colon Explorer for Automatic Imaging and Biopsying of Polyps
AUGUST 27TH, 2020 MEDGADGET EDITORS GI Millions of colonoscopies are performed every year to spot cancer as early as possible. The routine nature of these procedures and the constant need for them to be performed has led researchers at University of Colorado Boulder to develop a robotic tank-like device for traversing, imaging, and even biopsying...
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Many patients diagnosed with adenomas may not receive colonoscopies in recommended time frame
Bottom Line: Patients who are diagnosed with adenomas, a possible precursor of colorectal cancer, often do not receive subsequent colonoscopies within the recommended time frame. Journal in Which the Study was Published: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Author: Jessica Chubak, PhD, senior scientific investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health...