Articles
A Review of the Key Issues in Colorectal Cancer Screening
Despite a powerful rationale and the commitment of resources to promote colorectal cancer screening by multiple governmental and non-governmental...
Acute Relapsing Pancreatitis
Definitions Acute pancreatitis is defined as typical pancreatic abdominal pain (mid-epigastric with radiation to the back) persisting for several...
Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer New Perspectives for Effective Treatment
Historically, survival at five years for stage III (node-positive) cancer has been between 30% and 60% and for stage IV (metastatic) cancer less than...
Advances in Prevention and Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer
PreventionIn prospective studies, a carcinogenetic role has been confirmed for only a minority of environmental factors despite previous evidence...
An Innovative Approach to Today s Complex Healthcare Environment
Twenty years ago, a typical GI practice consisted of one or more physicians, a receptionist who greeted patients and made appointments, a biller who...
Are ‘Cascades’ Changing the Face of Clinical Guidelines?
Despite the huge wealth of knowledge on which they are based, guidelines often fail to influence healthcare in the parts of the world where they are...
As Use of Herbal Remedies Soars, Patients Taking These and Cardiovascular Medications May be at Heightened Risk of Dangerous, Potentially Life-Threatening Interactions
"Many people have a false sense of security about these herbal products because they are seen as 'natural,'" said Arshad Jahangir, M.D.,...
Bowel Cancer Screening
The fact that bowel cancer has a recognizable premalignant phase, and that early cancer itself may be cured by surgery, implies that the condition...
Bowel Preparation Prior to Colonoscopy
Colonoscopy is an important tool in the gastroenterologist’s armamentarium. A requisite orthograde colon lavage is a necessary evil that...
Colonic Drug Delivery Challenges and Oppor tunities - An Overview
The overall goal for optimum therapy is to match the needs of the patient while improving the efficiency and safety of the administered drugs....
Colorectal Liver Metastases – Enhancing Outcomes Through Combination Treatments
Colorectal liver metastases (CRLMs) are common and can either present at the time of initial colorectal cancer diagnosis (synchronous) or develop...
Colorimetric Carbon Dioxide Detection for Enteral Feeding Tube Placement
The need for enteral nutrition via nasogastric (NG) feeding tubes is very common in a wide variety of patients. Patients requiring NG feeding tubes...
Computed Tomographic Colonography Screening (Virtual Colonoscopy)—Is it Virtually Ready to Replace Optical Colonoscopy?
What Is the Sensitivity/Specificity of Computed Tomographic Colonography Compared with Optical Imaging? Clearly the data have been variable. Computed...
Computed Tomography Colonography for the Detection of Colorectal Cancer
From its introduction by David Vining in 1994,6 virtual colonoscopy or computed tomography (CT) colonography was almost immediately proposed as a...
Computer-assisted Analysis of Brush Biopsy Specimens in the Detection of Esophageal Dysplasia and Barretts Esophagus
Highly prevalent in the US population, Barrett’s esophagus (BE), is felt to be a consequence of chronic reflux disease and is a precursor of...
Defining Risk for Early Detection of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Current Screening Practices Do Not Detect the Majority of Cancer Patients EAC arises from Barretts’ esophagus (BE),36,44 a metaplastic process...
Detecting Neoplasia in Barrett s Oesophagus Advances in Imaging
Barrett’s is the predominant precursor to oesophageal adenocarcinoma, one of the fastest rising malignancies in the Western world.1 While the...
Early Colorectal Cancer Detection Confocal Endomicroscopy and Other Novel Endoscopic Techniques
Why the Clinical Need for Technology Beyond Conventional ‘White Light’ Video Colonoscopy? Although colonoscopy is now considered to be...
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