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Northwell taps heart failure, transplant leader – Becker’s Hospital Review | Healthcare News

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has tapped Snehal Patel, MD, as system director of heart failure in the Northwell Transplant Institute and Northwell Cardiovascular Institute.  Dr. Patel will also serve as co-director of the Northwell Transplant Institute’s Center for Heart Failure, Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, according to a July 31 LinkedIn post from […]

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New tool reframes heart risk as ‘heart age’: 5 things to know – Becker’s Hospital Review | Healthcare News

The average “heart age” of men in the U.S. is seven years older than their actual age, according to a study published July 30 in JAMA Cardiology.  Using the American Heart Association’s Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events equations, researchers from Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University developed a free online tool to reframe cardiovascular disease risk […]

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‘The story isn’t over:’ Why cancer survivorship care is more than checking a box – Becker’s Hospital Review | Healthcare News

As director of cancer rehabilitation and survivorship at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, Arash Asher, MD, has seen first-hand the disorienting effects felt by cancer patients upon reaching the “survivor” stage of cancer treatment.  “Some people want to sweep their cancer experience under the rug and get on with life,” he said in a June 12, 2023, […]

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Manning Family Children’s physician to lead pediatric hematology/oncology group – Becker’s Hospital Review | Healthcare News

Maria Velez, MD, a pediatric hematologist-oncologist at New Orleans-based Manning Family Children’s, has been appointed president of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.  The ASPHO is “dedicated to promoting the optimal care of children, adolescents and young adults with blood disorders and cancer,” according to a June 19 news release from Manning Family Children’s. Dr. […]

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GI cancer rates rise in young adults: 5 things to know

Of all early-onset cancers in the U.S., gastrointestinal cancers are increasing most rapidly, according to a review published July 17 in JAMA. 

Defined as occurring in patients under the age of 50, early-onset gastrointestinal cancers include colorectal, gastric, esophageal and pancreatic cancers. 

For the review, researchers from Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute analyzed the incidence, risk factors and treatment approaches associated with early-onset gastrointestinal cancers.

Here are five things to know:

More than half (54.3%) of all early-onset gastrointestinal cancers reported globally in 2022 were colorectal cancer.Gastric cancers made up 23.8% of global early-onset gastrointestinal cancer cases in 2022, followed by esophageal cancer at 13.2% and pancreatic cancer at 8.6%.

Between 2010 and 2019, the age-standardized incidence rate of early-onset gastrointestinal cancers in the U.S. increased by 2.16% per year.In 2022, 20,805 individuals in the U.S. were diagnosed with early-onset colorectal cancer, followed by 2,689 individuals diagnosed with early-onset gastric cancer, 2,657 with early-onset pancreatic cancer and 875 with early-onset esophageal cancer.

Most early-onset gastrointestinal cancers are associated with modifiable risk factors, though about 15% to 30% of cases can be attributed to genetics or hereditary syndromes.

While treatment of early-onset gastrointestinal cancers is similar to later-onset cancers, early-onset patients typically receive more aggressive treatment and have a similar or shorter survival rate.

“The rising incidence of early-onset gastrointestinal cancers is alarming and underscores the need for enhanced prevention strategies and early detection methods,” Kimmie Ng, MD, senior author of the review and director of Dana-Farber’s Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center, said in a July 17 news release from the institute. 

Read the full review here.
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