Monthly Archives: May 2023
Editorial on “Randomized Trial of Facilitated Adherence to Screening-Colonoscopy Versus Sequential Fecal-based Blood Tests”
Molecular Profiling Provides Clinical Insights into Targeted and Immunotherapies as well as Colorectal Cancer Prognosis
Tumor genetic testing is indispensable in the management of primary and metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), yet the indications for genomics-guided precision medicine and immunotherapy need to be better understood and defined. Continue reading
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Effect of Helicobacter pylori Eradication Therapy on the Incidence of Noncardia Gastric Adenocarcinoma in a Large Diverse Population in the United States
High-quality data regarding the effect of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication on the risk of noncardia gastric adenocarcinoma (NCGA) remain limited in the United States (U.S). We investigated the incidence of NCGA after H. pylori eradication th… Continue reading
Lynch syndrome: a single hereditary cancer syndrome or multiple syndromes defined by different mismatch repair genes?
A NOVEL BISPECIFIC CD8 TREG MODULATOR TARGETING CYTOLYTIC CD8 REGULATORY T CELLS REDUCES PATHOGENIC CD4 T CELLS AND INFLAMMATION IN TRANSLATIONAL MODELS OF INTESTINAL AUTOIMMUNE AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
We have characterized a novel CD8 Treg network in autoimmune patient peripheral blood and tissues, in which a subset of cytolytic CD8 Treg eliminate pathogenic CD4 T cells, reducing inflammation and ameliorating disease in response to pathogenic CD4 T … Continue reading
EVALUATION OF CLINICAL VARIABLES, RADIOLOGICAL VISUAL ANALOG SCORING, AND RADIOMICS FEATURES ON CT ENTEROGRAPHY FOR CHARACTERIZING SEVERE INFLAMMATION AND FIBROSIS IN STRICTURING CROHN’S DISEASE
25% of patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) develop severe stricturing disease which is non-responsive to standard-of-care medication. Early and non-invasive determination of the extent of inflammation and fibrosis within the stricture via CT enterograph… Continue reading
THE UTILITY OF BIOPSYING ENDOSCOPICALLY NORMAL APPEARING TERMINAL ILEUM
The terminal ileum is often evaluated during colonoscopy procedures. A common indication for endoscopic examination and biopsy of an endoscopically normal appearing terminal ileum is in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).1 In patients witho… Continue reading
MUCOSAL EXPRESSION OF GENES PI3, ANXA1, AND VDR DESCRIMINATES CROHNS DISEASE FROM ULCERATIVE COLITIS IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS
Differential diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unclassified (IBDU) patients to Crohn’s Disease (CD) or Ulcerative Colitis (UC) at diagnosis is challenging. Personalized disease-specific strategies are becoming state of art and therefore it is of … Continue reading
EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF VEDOLIZUMAB AND TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITORS IN THE TREATMENT OF STEROID-REFRACTORY MICROSCOPIC COLITIS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) inhibitors and the α4β7 integrin antagonist, vedolizumab have been investigated as a treatment option for patients with steroid-refractory microscopic colitis (MC) with controversial findings. Continue reading