Articles tagged with 'gi cancer' | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

It was a fall day in 2024 and Ken Aster was hiking in Catalina, California, with his wife, Melissa Orr. They hiked together often but 64-year-old Aster—also an avid cyclist, surfer and pickleball player—was shocked to find he couldn’t keep up.His …

Microbes in the gut use specialized chemical signaling molecules to communicate, and one day, these molecules may help doctors understand which ulcerative colitis patients are most likely to develop colon cancer. In a study co-led by researchers at …

Gastrointestinal cancer cases are expected to double worldwide by 2050, according to a multi-institutional study co-led by Cedars-Sinai. The projections, based on 2022 data and published in the journal Cancer, conclude that the biggest increases …

Philip and Linda Simmons have loved each other in sickness and in health—mostly health—for decades. Cancer dealt them a double blow that made recent years difficult, but after treatment at Cedars-Sinai, they are celebrating Valentine’s Day …

Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a special type of treatment for patients with certain cancers that have spread to the abdominal cavity (peritoneum).Unlike regular chemotherapy, which is often delivered through an intravenous …

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Letters uncovered information about how the immune system can recognize and kill cancer cells, revealing a potential immunotherapy target for the treatment of pancreatic ductal …

Gastrointestinal cancers were once diagnosed primarily by location. A tumor in the liver was liver cancer, while one in the pancreas was pancreatic. The few chemotherapy treatments available affected the entire patient—sometimes causing difficult …