Endoscopy
Postfellowship Pathways
The path to becoming an esophagologist
With changing concepts in esophageal diseases such as eosinophilic esophagitis, successful management now incorporates findings from recent...
From the Journals
Task force recommends best practices for malignant colorectal polyps
Endoscopists should look for features of deep submucosal invasion and should retrieve, handle, and submit specimens in ways that support thorough...
Ethics
Case of the inappropriate endoscopy referral
Providing the best care for patients by adhering to medical ethical principles is the goal of our work as physicians. Implementing this goal may...
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Novel imaging technique finds more neoplastic GI lesions
Linked color imaging detected upper gastrointestinal tumors more effectively than standard white light
From the Journals
A possible benchmark for Barrett’s esophagus surveillance
A study of neoplasia detection rate in community gastroenterology procedures could provide a quality control benchmark for surveillance in Barrett...
From the AGA Journals
AGA issues recommendations for pre-endoscopy coronavirus testing
Testing should balance local prevalence, false positives, false negatives, and endoscopist risk tolerance.
The New Gastroenterologist
Breaking the glass ceiling in interventional endoscopy: Practical considerations for women
Despite its increasing popularity, women interventionalists have been a glaring absence in this phenomenon.
News
AGA addresses postendoscopy esophageal adenocarcinoma
While emerging technologies may improve detection rates in the future, short-term progress will depend on human expertise.
From the Journals
Endoscopic screening for gastric cancer is cost effective in Asian Americans
Model of endoscopic screening concomitant with colonoscopy in asymptomatic 50-year-olds finds greatest cost-effectiveness for Chinese, Japanese,...
News
AGA Clinical Practice Update: Young adult–onset colorectal cancer diagnosis and management
In addition to receiving cancer staging or being referred to an oncologist, newly diagnosed patients should be counseled about both germline...