Daily Archives: August 1, 2018
Hospitalizations for Chronic Liver Disease: Time to Intervene at Multiple Levels
Chronic liver disease (CLD) is an important, and likely underestimated, national and global public health problem. CLD and its underlying risk factors are highly prevalent and mostly clinically silent, but may eventually lead to cirrhosis, which is fre… Continue reading
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Increased Levels of Branched-chain Amino Acid Associated With Increased Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in a Prospective Case–Control Study of a Large Cohort
A marker is needed to identify individuals at risk for pancreatic cancer. Increases in branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) have been associated with pancreatic cancer. We performed a prospective case–control study to study the association between plas… Continue reading
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Overdiagnosis in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Time to Acknowledge a Blind Spot
Overdiagnosis is recognized as a major harm of mammography screening for breast cancer and prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is being more broadly implemented in many countries, and screen… Continue reading
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