Monthly Archives: June 2022
Unusual White Esophageal Patches with Cobblestone Appearance
An 80-Year-Old Man with Hematochezia and Hyperkalemia
Hide and Seek – Dysplasia Camouflage in a Patient with Barrett’s Esophagus
Rate of autoactivation determines pancreatitis phenotype in trypsinogen mutant mice
Prolonging Survival in Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Doki Y, Ajani A, Xu L, et al. Nivolumab combination therapy in advanced esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma. N Engl J Med 2022;386:449–462. Continue reading
Food Insecurity in Digestive Diseases
Can We Predict the Onset of Celiac Disease?
Celiac disease (CD) has a prevalence of nearly 1% of many countries’ populations, and its incidence appears to be increasing.1,2 The risk of CD is elevated among people with a family history,3 and therefore, testing in this population, even among asymp… Continue reading
β-Catenin Is a Novel Target in YES-associated Protein–Driven Cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a heterogeneous and devastating type of cancer that develops from biliary cells in the biliary tract. Among the different subtypes of CCA, intrahepatic CCA (iCCA) accounts for 15% of primary liver tumors and has become a gro… Continue reading
Arid1a: A Gatekeeper in the Development of Pancreatic Cancer From a Rare Precursor Lesion
Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia, intraductal pancreatic mucinous neoplasm (IPMN), and mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) are the common precursor lesions of pancreatic cancer. The gene abnormalities of those precursor lesions are characterized by Kras… Continue reading