Gastroenterology
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Short-Segment Barrett's Esophagus: More Ablation Didn't Improve Outcome
Major Finding: Short-segment Barrett’s esophagus that was initially treated with EMR did not have a lower recurrence rate if the patient had...
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Long-Term Risk of GI Cancers Not Elevated in Celiac Patients
Major Finding: Overall, celiac disease patients do not have a significantly elevated risk of gastrointestinal cancers, nor do patients with celiac...
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Half of Patients Relapsed After Infliximab Cessation
Major Finding: Nearly half of patients in remission from Crohn’s disease while being treated with infliximab relapse after discontinuing...
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Surgery, Ablation: Similar Outcomes for Small Liver Cancers
Major Finding: The 3-year survival rate was 75% after surgery for early-stage liver cancer, vs. 68% after radiofrequency ablation, a...
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Use of Anesthesiologist for Screening Colonoscopy Raises Cost 20%
Major Finding: Anesthesiologist involvement in screening colonoscopy increases the cost to Medicare by about 20%, from $575.20 to $678.20 per...
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Enoxaparin May Prevent Portal Vein Thrombosis in Advanced Cirrhosis
Major Finding: Six of 36 cirrhotic patients (17%) randomized to placebo developed partial or complete portal vein thrombosis (PVT) within a year,...
Conference Coverage
Telaprevir Not Cost-Effective for All Hepatitis C Patients
Major Finding: Treatment-naive genotype 1 hepatitis C patients with the CC interleukin 28B polymorphism have sustained viral response rates of...
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Probiotics Linked to 60% Drop in Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea
Major Finding: Prophylactic use of probiotics was linked to a 60% decrease in the odds of developing antibiotic-associated diarrhea.Data Source: A...
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Novel Hep C Treatment Excludes Peginterferon Alfa
Major Finding: A novel regimen that did not include peginterferon alfa resulted in a 100% virologic response rate in patients with hepatitis C...
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Combined Imaging Modalities May Enable 'Optic Biopsy' in Stomach
Major Finding: Compared with conventional white-light imaging alone, narrow-band imaging in addition to white-light imaging was significantly...