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Magnifying Narrow-Band Imaging Improves the Diagnosis of Gastric Mucosal CancerFree

Better than standard white light but still not as good as a biopsy

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Gut Check on Gastroenterology Blog Post: Stewardship in Medicine

Now that we have technologies that exceed the threshold for identifying polyp histology established by the ASGE, Dr. M. Brian Fennerty wonders if it’s it's time to stop sending small colorectal polyps to the pathologist. What do you think?

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Colorectal Cancer Risk Higher After Adenoma Removal

People who had undergone adenoma removal had a higher risk for colorectal cancer than the general population.

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New Antivirals Show Promise for an Interferon-Free Hepatitis C Treatment

Patients with HCV genotype 1 and previous null response achieved a 36% sustained virologic response at 24 weeks of therapy with daclatasvir and asunaprevir alone.

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A New Four-Drug Regimen for H. pylori Infection?

Eradication was better than with standard triple therapy.

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Sequential Therapy Bests Triple Therapy for H. pylori Infection

Eradication rates were higher; adverse events were similar.

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Add Parasites to the Causes of Postinfectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome!

IBS and chronic fatigue were more common in patients who had previously contracted giardiasis than in population controls.

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Can Antibiotics Induce Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Use of these medications, which alter gut flora, might be a predisposing factor. CME

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Cytomegalovirus in Inflamed Tissue Predicts Treatment Failure in Ulcerative Colitis

The rate of response to treatment was 38% in patients who had CMV DNA detected versus 100% in those who did not.

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NSAIDs and Statins Might Have Chemopreventive Potential for Barrett EsophagusFree

In an observational study, use of the two drugs together greatly reduced the risk for neoplastic progression.

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Another Possible Fix for Low Adenoma Detection RatesFree

Having an experienced nurse act as a second observer during colonoscopies performed by fellows could improve detection rates.

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What Do You Get for a Million FOBTs?

In England, nearly 1800 colorectal cancers — most of them left-sided

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Editor's Picks from across Journal Watch

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Genotype Testing for Clopidogrel Responsiveness May Not Predict Events

A meta-analysis finds no association between CYP2C19 genotype and cardiovascular outcomes in clopidogrel recipients, but concerns about stent thrombosis linger.

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Does Anti–Tumor Necrosis Factor α Therapy Increase the Risk for Serious Infection?

In this large cohort study, unlike in most of the previous studies, researchers found no increased risk for serious infections with TNF antagonists.

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Antiplatelet Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation: One Drug or Two?

In an ACTIVE substudy, the net clinical benefit of adding clopidogrel to aspirin in patients who were not candidates for warfarin was small and statistically nonsignificant.

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When Is Dabigatran More Cost-Effective Than Warfarin?

For patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who are not well-controlled on warfarin, the 150-mg dose of dabigatran can be a cost-effective choice for stroke prevention.

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Journal Watch Gastroenterology summarizes important medical journal articles about a wide variety of GI subjects including cirrhosis, dyspepsia, gastric cancer, GERD, H. pylori, and hepatitis.

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Gastroenterology Editor-in-Chief

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M. Brian Fennerty, MD
Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University

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January 27, 2012

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