Gastroenterology
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Fidaxomicin Found Noninferior to Vancomycin for C. difficile
Major Finding: In an intention-to-treat analysis of 596 patients with Clostridium difficile infection, 88% of those taking fidaxomicin achieved a...
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Molecular Markers May Help Select Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Candidates
Major Finding: Median survival after surgery was 34.3 months for patients with S100A2–/A4– tumors, 15.6 months for patients with S100A2–/A4+...
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Budesonide Noninferior to Mesalamine in Active Crohn's
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Score Predicts Rehospitalization After Acute Pancreatitis
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Telaprevir Combo Yielded Sustained Virologic Response Rates Over 80%
Major Finding: Of 161 treatment-naive patients, 109 had undetectable plasma levels of HCV RNA at weeks 4-20 and stopped treatment at 24 weeks (96...
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Physicians May Face Legal Ramifications If Patients Drive With Hepatic Encephalopathy
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Bisphosphonate Use May Be Linked to Reduced Colorectal Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Use of a bisphosphonate for more than 1 year was associated with a 59% reduction in the risk of colorectal cancer after potential...
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Food Allergy Guidelines Encourage Earlier Use of IM Epinephrine
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PET-Detected Response to Chemo Means Better Prognosis in Esophagogastric Junction Cancer
Major Finding: The estimated 4-year rate of progression-free survival was about twice as high for patients who had a PET-detected response after 2...
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Genomic Profile Predicts Recurrence Risk in Colorectal Cancer
Major Finding: Only 5% of patients with a low-risk result had a distant recurrence, compared with 20% of patients with a high-risk result.Data...
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Anal Cancer: IMRT Less Toxic Than Conventional RT
Major Finding: Patients given IMRT and patients given conventional R had similar 2-year rates of disease-free and overall survival, but the former...