Posts by Mingyang Song , MD, ScD
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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
Assistant Professor of Medicine, 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.