Posts by Mingyang Song , MBBS, ScD
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Post-Diagnosis Multivitamin Supplementation May Prolong Survival Among Patients With Nonmetastatic CRC
Mingyang Song, MBBS, ScD, and colleagues present evidence that the benefit of multivitamin supplements may extend beyond primary prevention of colorectal cancer (CRC). They linked the use of three to five multivitamin tablets/week after diagnosis of nonmetastatic CRC to lower CRC-specific and overall mortality.
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Vitamin C Might Have Clinical Benefit Against KRAS- and BRAF-mutated CRC
Shuji Ogino, MD, PhD, Mingyang Song, MBBS, ScD, and colleagues leveraged data from two large, prospective U.S. studies that showed the use of vitamin C after diagnosis of colorectal cancer with KRAS or BRAF mutations was associated with a 26% reduction in the risk of disease-specific mortality.
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Initiating Screening Before Age 50 Reduces Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found that starting endoscopic screening before age 50 is associated with a greater reduction in the absolute risk of colorectal cancer compared with starting at later ages. The data support national recommendations to start screening at age 45 for average-risk individuals.
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A Healthy Lifestyle Has Substantial Benefit for Preventive Medication Users
Heathy lifestyle practices confer similarly substantial benefit in preventing premature death in regular users and nonusers of preventive medications.
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Anatomic Classification of Colorectal Cancer Is Too Broad for Accurate Risk Prediction
Risk factor profiles for colorectal cancer differ when the proximal colon, distal colon and rectum are reclassified as seven distinct sites.
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Intensive Surveillance May Not Be Needed for Non-Advanced Colorectal Adenomas, Small Serrated Polyps
According to prospective follow-up of more than 120,000 individuals, those with non-advanced adenoma or small sessile polyps did not have an increased risk of colorectal cancer.
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Review: Lifestyle Factors, Changes in Gut Microbiota Are Linked in Development of Colorectal Cancer
Both diet, lifestyle and the gut microbiome have been implicated in colorectal tumorigenesis. Accumulating evidence suggests these two influences are related and may point the way to better prevention strategies.
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Fiber Intake Has Survival Benefit in Patients Already Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer
In the first prospective study of the topic, gastroenterologists and epidemiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital found that higher fiber intake after a diagnosis of nonmetastatic colorectal cancer is associated with longer survival.
Biography
Mingyang Song, MBBS, ScD, a researcher in the Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit and Division of Gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital, associate professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, and an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.