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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 […]
Read MoreTop heart hospitals, by state: US News – Becker’s Hospital Review | Healthcare News
U.S. News and World Report released its 2025-2026 ranking of the top U.S. hospitals for heart, cardiology and vascular surgery July 29, with New York City-based NYU Langone Health earning the top spot. For the ranking, U.S. News evaluated more than 800 hospitals based on patient outcomes, operational structure and process, expert opinion, patient experience […]
Read MoreNew 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 […]
Read More‘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, […]
Read MoreManning 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. […]
Read MoreThe top 50 rehabilitation hospitals, per US News – Becker’s Hospital Review | Healthcare News
Chicago-based Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is the top-ranked rehabilitation hospital in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2025-2026 ranking, published July 29. Shirley Ryan AbilityLab has earned the top spot for the past 35 years. For its ranking, U.S. News evaluated more than 1,000 rehabilitation hospitals based on patient outcomes, operational structure and […]
Read MoreThe top 50 cancer hospitals, per US News – Becker’s Hospital Review | Healthcare News
Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson is the top-ranked cancer hospital in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2025-2026 ranking, published July 29. MD Anderson has earned the top spot for the past 11 years. For its ranking, U.S. News evaluated more than 850 hospitals based on patient outcomes, operational structure and […]
Read MoreMeet the Northwestern leader developing AI for clinical operations – Becker’s Hospital Review | Healthcare News
As AI technology increasingly amalgamates into the medical arena, health system leaders are stepping up to help steer the path forward. Women comprise only 30% of those working in AI today, and Adrienne Kline, MD, PhD, is one of them. She is head of artificial intelligence and engineering at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute […]
Read More50 top heart hospitals, per US News – Becker’s Hospital Review | Healthcare News
New York City-based NYU Langone Health is home to the top-ranked heart hospital in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2025-2026 ranking, published July 29. NYU Langone unseated Cleveland Clinic, which earned the top spot last year. For the ranking, U.S. News evaluated and ranked more than 800 hospitals based on patient […]
Read MoreGI 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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