Gastrointestinal Cancer
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CD123 differentiates acute GVHD from infections, drug reactions
Major finding: Among 38 colonic endoscopy samples from patients with acute GVHD, 25 (66%) were positive on CD123 staining.
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Carcinoembryonic antigen poor for differentiating pancreatic cysts
Major finding: The pooled sensitivity of cyst fluid carcinoembryonic antigen in predicting malignant pancreatic cysts was 63%, while the pooled...
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'Clinical equipoise' seen for surgical approaches to early rectal cancer
Major finding: Compared with radical resection, local resection was associated with a lower risk of perioperative mortality (rate ratio, 0.31),...
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Should colonoscopy be the test of choice for CRC screening?
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Dutch study confirms RFA for Barrett's durable at 5 years
Major finding: Sustained complete remission of neoplasia and complete remission of intestinal metaplasia were maintained at 5 years in 43 of 46...
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Less may be more in postop colorectal cancer follow-up
Major finding: The risk of recurrence after surgical treatment with curative intent was about three times higher with intensive carcinoembryonic...
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Aspirin cuts risk of BRAF wild-type colorectal cancer
Major Finding: The incidence of BRAF wild-type colorectal cancer was significantly lower for adults who used aspirin regularly (30.5 per 100,000...
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In esophageal cancer, adenocarcinoma rates increased over four decades
Major finding: During the past 40 years, overall median survival for esophageal cancer significantly increased, from 6 months to 10 months (P less...
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BEAM technology shines a light on drug resistance mutations in GIST
Major finding: BEAMing plasma-analysis technology identified secondary KIT mutations in 47% of samples from patients with gastrointestinal stromal...
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Imatinib rechallenge improves PFS in GIST, but not for long
Major finding: Progression-free survival of patients with advanced GIST was 1.8 months following imatinib rechallenge, compared with 0.9 months...
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In HCC, histology and parenchyma more important than tumor size
Major finding: The influence of tumor size on overall survival was significant in univariate analyses but when the salvage transplantation cases...