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| Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer: Opportunities and Challenges. | | The vast majority of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) presents with symptomatic, surgically unresectable disease. While the goal of early detection of PDAC is laudable, and likely to result in significant improvement in overall survival, the relatively low prevalence of PDAC renders general population screening infeasible. The challenges of early.. | | Feb 2, 2019: Gastroenterology |
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| Effects of Promotility Agents on Gastric Emptying and Symptoms: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. | | Studies have reported a lack of association between improvements in gastric emptying (GE) and upper gastrointestinal (UGI) symptoms with promotility drugs. However, GE test methods were suboptimal in some studies. We assessed improvements in GE and UGI symptoms in patients given promotility agents in studies with optimal or moderate test methods.. | | Jan 31, 2019: Gastroenterology |
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| Endoscopic stricturotomy versus ileocolonic resection in the treatment of ileocolonic anastomotic strictures in Crohn's disease. | | Endoscopic stricturotomy is a novel technique in the treatment of anastomotic strictures in Crohn's disease (CD). The aim of this study was to compare the outcome of patients with ileocolonic anastomotic stricture treated with endoscopic stricturotomy (ESt) versus ileocolonic resection (ICR). This historical cohort study included consecutive CD patients with ileocolonic.. | | Jan 30, 2019: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy |
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| Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Radiofrequency Ablation or Resection? | | Feb 2019: American Journal of Gastroenterology |
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| Review article: shared disease mechanisms between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic syndrome - translating knowledge from systems biology to the bedside. | | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. Characterised by abnormal fat accumulation in the liver, NAFLD presents high degree of comorbidity with disorders of the Metabolic syndrome, including type 2 diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. These comorbidities have strong negative impact on the natural.. | | Feb 4, 2019: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
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| Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Lenvatinib. | | Nov 2018: Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
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| Management of Blood Cholesterol. | | Feb 4, 2019: JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association |
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| CA-125 Significance in Cirrhosis and Correlation with Disease Severity and Portal Hypertension: A Retrospective Study. | | Background and Aims: To evaluate the prevalence and significance of elevated cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) levels in patients with cirrhosis being treated in a tertiary care liver center and its correlation with objective markers of disease severity. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 172 adult patients with cirrhosis (due to any.. | | Sep 28, 2018: Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology |
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| Should Physicians Recommend Replacing Opioids With Cannabis? | | Feb 1, 2019: JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association |
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| Case 4-2019: An 18-Year-Old Man with Abdominal Pain and Hematochezia. | | Presentation of Case. Dr. Fabian J. Scheid: An 18-year-old male professional athlete was admitted to this hospital because of fevers, abdominal pain, and hematochezia. The patient had been well until 20 days before this admission, when fevers and pain in the right lower quadrant developed during a.... | | Jan 31, 2019: New England Journal of Medicine |
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| Colorectal Cancer in Young Adults. | | Routine screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in adults > 50 years of age has led to overall reductions in CRC incidence and CRC-related mortality. Yet CRC incidence among young adults age < 50 continues to increase without a clear explanation. This review examines the changing epidemiology of CRC and emerging evidence regarding the influence.. | | Feb 2, 2019: Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology |
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