Gastroenterology
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Colon cancer screening in African Americans
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Tumor biology appears to play role in missed interval colorectal cancers
Major finding: At 6-36 months after colonoscopy the rate of missed interval cancers was 3.5%; at 6-60 months the rate was 6%.Data source: A...
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Risk factors for death in NAFLD patients remain elusive
Major finding: Age, male sex, truncal obesity, and a low HDL level are risk factors for death in patients with NAFLD, but are common to other...
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Physicians' adenoma detection rate predicts risk of interval colorectal cancers
Major finding: For every 1% decline in the physician adenoma detection rate, colorectal cancer risk increased by about 3%, and the risk of death...
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More adenomas detected with FUSE endoscope
Major finding: In 88 subjects who underwent traditional forward-viewing colonoscopy followed by FUSE colonoscopy, traditional colonoscopy detected...
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Low vitamin D level may up risk for IBD flares
Major finding: In all, 32% of patients with Crohn’s disease who had plasma vitamin D below 20 ng/mL had IBD-related surgery, compared with 13% of...
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Barrett's recurrence more frequent in older, nonwhite patients
Major finding: Significant independent predictors of recurrence included nonwhite race (OR, 2.47), length of the tubular esophagus with Barrett’s...
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The state of gut microbiome research
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DDW13: Barrett's esophagus in 2013
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Coffee protects against primary sclerosing cholangitis
Major finding: Average coffee consumption was 50 vs. 78 cups per month, and percent of life actively drinking coffee was 50% vs. 67% in PSC cases...
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Early pH monitoring reduces unnecessary PPI use
Major finding: Inappropriate PPI use may cost up to $7,825 per patient over 10 years.Data source: A retrospective review of 100 patients....