Gastroenterologists want cancer surveillance in IBD reforms

Gastroenterologists in Tasmania are calling for a formalised system of recall for CRC surveillance in IBD patients. In a letter to the editor of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics clinicians from Royal Hobart Hospital’s Department of Gastroenterology...

Gastroenterologists in Tasmania are calling for a formalised system of recall for CRC surveillance in IBD patients. ...

News in brief: Colonoscopy fear is real; Thermal ablation reduces adenoma recurrence post-EMR; New version of Humira on PBS

Colonoscopy wins the wooden spoon for popularity! Patients with IBD have concerns about colonoscopy which are not easily dissuaded by the person recommending the procedure. A New Zealand study of more than 100 patients with IBD found while colonoscopy was one of...

Colonoscopy wins the wooden spoon for popularity! Patients with IBD have concerns about colonoscopy which are not easily dissuaded by the...

IBD

Shingles vaccine for immunocompromised available privately ‘soon’

GlaxoSmithKline is launching its non-live shingles vaccine Shingrix in Australia later this year but expects it will be a "few years" before it is included in the National Immunisation Program. Shingrix was registered by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in 2018...

GlaxoSmithKline is launching its non-live shingles vaccine Shingrix in Australia later this year but expects it will be a "few...

COVID-19

BREAKING: Latest advice on AstraZeneca COVID vaccine-related thrombotic complications

BREAKING: The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) have updated their recommendations related to the new COVID-19 vaccination related thrombotic syndrome predominantly seen in Europe and the UK and recently in...

BREAKING: The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) have updated their...