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381 Percutaneous ultrasound-guided bowel wall core biopsy: a nonconventional way of diagnosis of gastrointestinal lesions Surgical Endoscopy, March 14, 2013 Clinical Article
382 Validation of diagnostic criteria using gadoxetic acid-enhanced and diffusion-weighted MR imaging for small hepatocellular carcinoma (<= 2.0 cm) in patients with hepatitis-induced liver cirrhosis Acta Radiologica, March 13, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
383 Assessing knowledge and attitudes towards screening among users of faecal immunochemical test Health Expectations, March 13, 2013 Review Article
384 Long-Term Outcomes After Single-Balloon Enteroscopy in Patients with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding Digestive Diseases and Sciences, March 13, 2013 Clinical Article
385 Endotherapy for superficial adenocarcinoma of the esophagus: an American experience Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, March 12, 2013 Clinical Article
386 Electrical tissue impedance spectroscopy: a novel device to measure esophageal mucosal integrity changes during endoscopy Neurogastroenterology & Motility, March 12, 2013 Review Article
387 Flexible spectral Imaging Color Enhancement plus probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy for gastric intestinal metaplasia detection Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, March 12, 2013 Clinical Article
388 Impact of butylscopolamine on image quality of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography European Journal of Radiology, March 12, 2013 Clinical Article
389 An evaluation of the accuracy of CT when determining resectability of pancreatic head adenocarcinoma after neoadjuvant treatment European Journal of Radiology, March 12, 2013 Clinical Article
390 Dual-energy CT to detect recurrent HCC after TACE: Initial experience of color-coded iodine CT imaging European Journal of Radiology, March 12, 2013 Review Article
391 Serial diffusion-weighted MRI in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Prediction and assessment of response to transarterial chemoembolization. Preliminary experience European Journal of Radiology, March 12, 2013 Clinical Article
392 3.0 T proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the liver: Quantification of choline Full Text World Journal of Gastroenterology, March 12, 2013 Clinical Article
393 Subcapsular hepatic haematoma after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancrea-tography: An unusual case Full Text World Journal of Gastroenterology, March 12, 2013
394 Dynamic FDG PET/CT Imaging With Diuresis Demonstrates an Enterovesical Fistula in a Lymphoma Patient With Repeated Colon Diverticulitis Clinical Nuclear Medicine , March 12, 2013
395 Small Liver Nodule Detection With a High-Frequency Transducer in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease: Report of 3 cases Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, March 12, 2013
396 Hyoscine N-butylbromide for adenoma detection during colonoscopy: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study Digestive and Liver Diseases, March 11, 2013 Review Article
397 Evaluation of the Response to Selective Internal Radiation Therapy in Patients With Hepatocellular Cancer According to Pretreatment 99mTc-MAA Uptake Clinical Nuclear Medicine , March 11, 2013 Clinical Article
398 Topical submucosal chromoendoscopy defines the level of resection in colonic EMR and may improve procedural safety Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, March 11, 2013 Review Article
399 Tumor diameter and Ki-67 expression in biopsy could be diagnostic markers discriminating from adenoma and early stage cancer in patients with ampullary tumors Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences, March 11, 2013 Clinical Article
400 Autoimmune pancreatitis: An illustrated guide to diagnosis Clinical Radiology, March 8, 2013 Review Article
As published in the NEJM, researchers in the COLONPREV study (Spain) have reported that fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is as effective as colonoscopy in the detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). The study population was 50-69 years of age and comprised of 26,703 subjects who underwent a one-time colonoscopy and 26,599 subjects who underwent FIT every 2 years. The primary outcome measure was CRC deaths at 10 years. Participation in screening was greater in the FIT group than the colonoscopy group (34.2% vs. 24.6%). Detection of CRC was similar between the two groups (0.1%). Advanced and non-advanced adenomas were detected more frequently in the colonoscopy group than the FIT group (1.9% vs. 0.9% [OR=2.3] and 4.2% vs. 0.4% [OR=9.8], respectively).
Read the article summaryBased on a meta-analysis involving 30 observational studies and 202,965 patients, proton pump inhibitor therapy has been shown to significantly increase the risk of infection with Clostridium difficile (OR = 2.15).
Read the article summaryIn a single institution study involving 424 patients with DM and CRC, those patients treated with metformin had a 30% improvement in OS compared with patients not treated with metformin. Specifically, the metformin-treated patients had a mean survival of 76.9 months compared to 56.9 months.
Read the article summary1 Transperineal Ultrasonography (Tp-Us) In Perianal Crohns Disease And Recurrent Cryptogenic Fistula-In-Ano Colorectal Disease, April 2, 2013
2 Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Five Different Stool Antigen Tests for the Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection Helicobacter, April 5, 2013
3 Split-dose administration of a dual-action, low-volume bowel cleanser for colonoscopy: the SEE CLEAR I study Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, April 9, 2013
4 Impact of magnetic resonance enterography in the management of small bowel Crohn’s disease European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, April 23, 2013
5 Interobserver Agreement for Confocal Imaging of Ampullary Lesions: A Multicenter Single-blinded Study Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, April 17, 2013 Review Article
6 CT colonography in the English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme: National survey of current practice Clinical Radiology, April 15, 2013
7 The Efficacy and Safety of Carbon Dioxide Insufflation During Colonoscopy With Consecutive Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in Moderately Sedated Outpatients: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, April 29, 2013
8 Endoscopic Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in Patients with Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis Digestive Diseases and Sciences, April 3, 2013
9 Polyp and Adenoma Detection Rates in the Proximal and Distal Colon The American Journal of Gastroenterology, April 26, 2013
10 Determination of the Optimal Time for Premedication With Pronase, Dimethylpolysiloxane, and Sodium Bicarbonate for Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, April 25, 2013 Review Article
11 Gallbladder Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment U.S. Pharmacist, April 2, 2013 Free full text
12 Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for suspected choledocholithiasis: Testing the current guidelines Digestive and Liver Diseases, April 1, 2013
13 Learning curve of virtual chromoendoscopy for the prediction of hyperplastic and adenomatous colorectal lesions: a prospective 2-center study Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, April 4, 2013
14 A Novel Serum Metabolomics-Based Diagnostic Approach to Pancreatic Cancer Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, April 1, 2013 Review Article
15 Acceptability of oral iodinated contrast media: a head-to-head comparison of four media British Journal of Radiology, April 22, 2013
16 Three-dimensional whole-liver perfusion magnetic resonance imaging in patients with hepatocellular carcinomas and colorectal hepatic metastases BMC Gastroenterology, April 11, 2013 Free full text
17 CT findings in pediatric blunt intestinal injury Emergency Radiology, April 16, 2013 Review Article
18 Screening for colorectal cancer with FOBT, virtual colonoscopy and optical colonoscopy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in the Florence district (SAVE study) Trials, April 5, 2013 Free full text Evidence Based Medicine
19 Sensitivity of Endoscopic Ultrasound, Multidetector Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in the Diagnosis of Pancreas Divisum: A Tertiary Center Experience Pancreas, April 2, 2013
20 Evaluation of primary intestinal lymphangiectasia by capsule endoscopy Endoscopy, March 29, 2013
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