March 6, 2013
Current national guidelines provide benchmarks regarding the number of polyps physicians should detect, on average, during a colonoscopy. Recent studies at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Florida suggest these benchmarks may be too low…”Our study suggests that national benchmarks may be too low given our increasing ability to find polyps using the high-definition colonoscopy tools that a majority of physicians use […]
Tags: benchmarks, colonoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dr. Michael Wallace, high-definition colonoscopy, national guidelines, polyp detection, WXOW
May 25, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
May 25, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations oestreich.karl@mayo.edu […]
Tags: ABC News, Anne Issa, AskMayoExpert, ASU Health Services, Bryan Taylor, C. Difficile, Chicago Tribune, David Hayes, Digestive Disease Week 2012, Division of Gastroenterology, Dr. Michael Wallace, Dr. Rosanne Kho
May 22, 2012
Mayo Clinic Study: Special Light Can Detect Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer, a frequently deadly form of cancer, is difficult to diagnose in its early stages. But a new pilot study at the Mayo Clinic’s Jacksonville campus was able to detect pancreatic cancer 100 percent of the time using a special light that measures changes in cells and blood vessels in the small intestine during […]
Tags: Digestive Disease Week 2012, Dr. Michael Wallace, Florida Times-Union, pancreatic cancer
March 29, 2010
‘Virtual biopsy’ colonoscopy promising
A “virtual biopsy ” colonoscopy might soon be able to determine whether a colon polyp is benign without a biopsy, U.S. researchers said. Dr. Michael Wallace of the Mayo Clinic, in Florida, said currently, colon polyps are extracted during a colonoscopy and sent to a pathologist for examination, which adds time, expense, and some […]
Tags: colonoscopy, Dr. Michael Wallace