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 SEACOAST GASTROENTEROLOGY AND EXETER HOSPITAL TO ADD ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS

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First in the Area to Offer New, Highly Effective Treatment Option for Precancerous Condition Affecting Millions

EXETER, N.H. – August 15, 2007 – People suffering from the potentially precancerous esophageal condition known as Barrett’s esophagus will have access to a technologically advanced form of treatment through Seacoast Gastroenterology, which is based at Exeter Hospital. The hospital’s new BARRX HALO system allows for the safe and minimally invasive treatment of Barrett’s esophagus. The procedure is performed in under an hour on an outpatient basis. Seacoast Gastroenterology will be the first gastrointestinal practice north of Boston to offer this procedure.

Dr. John Dowd, Seacoast Gastroenterology Physician Speaking March 27, 2007 at the T. Eliot Young Series at Exeter Hospital

Seacoast Gastroenterology Dispels Ten Colon Cancer Myths
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March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Exeter, NH—March 2007—While cancer rates continue to decline, colorectal cancer is still the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, second only to lung cancer. It’s estimated that more than 148,000 men and women will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2007. Of those, about a third will die from the disease, which is preventable, treatable, and beatable if diagnosed in its earliest, most curable stages.

Seacoast Gastroenterology Stresses Importance of Colonoscopies During
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Exeter, NH—March 2007—It’s estimated that more than 148,000 men and women will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2007. Of those, more than 55,000 will die from the disease, which is preventable, treatable, and beatable if diagnosed in its earliest, most curable stages. March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and organizations nationwide, including Seacoast Gastroenterology of Exeter, New Hampshire, are determined to change these alarming statistics.
“Education about the importance of colonoscopies as a preventative tool—not just a diagnostic procedure—is fundamental to lowering colorectal cancer rates,” said Dr. Alain Ades of Seacoast Gastroenterology. “The good news is that there has been significant progress over recent years in the accuracy of diagnosis and, with early detection, in the successful treatment for these cancers.”