Gastroenterology Archives

No link seen between antibiotics and colorectal cancer in younger adults

October 3, 2024

Large Kaiser Permanente study suggests adult use of antibiotics is not tied to increase in colorectal cancer diagnoses seen in adults under 50.

Some patients delay colonoscopy after positive fecal test

May 24, 2024

Kaiser Permanente study finds that 7.4% of patients who had a positive colorectal cancer screening test had a second test rather than a colonoscopy.

National Cancer Institute selects Kaiser Permanente for new Cancer Screening Research Network

February 21, 2024

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, selected Kaiser Permanente Northern California as one of the institutions to launch a new national clinical trials network to evaluate emerging technologies for cancer screening.

Treating common stomach bacteria reduces risk of stomach cancer

May 2, 2023

Kaiser Permanente reports findings from the first large community-based study in the U.S. to assess the effect of H. pylori treatment on stomach cancer incidence.

Cancer biopsy during colonoscopy doesn’t start new tumors

May 26, 2022

Kaiser Permanente clinical research finds patients who have a site biopsied after a suspected cancer is biopsied are not more likely to develop a second cancer.

Reducing deaths from colorectal cancer

March 26, 2021

KP Research Radio speaks with research scientist and gastroenterologist Jeffrey K. Lee, MD, MAS, about the studies that led to Kaiser Permanente’s successful screening program.

Early colorectal cancer screening benefits African Americans

July 20, 2020

Kaiser Permanente researchers showed starting annual colorectal cancer screening at age 45 in African Americans can find colorectal cancers at a rate similar to that seen when screening starts after age 50 — the age most guidelines currently recommend.

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Kaiser Permanente Study Finds 10-Year Follow-up Interval After Negative Colonoscopies Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Mortality

December 17, 2018

Ten years after a negative colonoscopy, Kaiser Permanente members had 46 percent lower risk of being diagnosed with and were 88 percent less likely to die from colorectal cancer compared with those who did not undergo colorectal cancer screening.

Mentorship Comes Full Circle for Gastroenterologist Jeffrey Lee

December 12, 2018

Building on years of collaboration, a doctor crosses the San Francisco Bay to continue his work on colorectal cancer prevention with the research team of his mentor.

Integrated Colorectal Cancer Screening Program Saves Lives

August 8, 2018

Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California are 52 percent less likely to die from colorectal cancer since the health care system launched a comprehensive, organized screening program, according to a new study in the specialty’s top journal, Gastroenterology.

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