The rate of decompensation and clinical progression of disease in people with cirrhosis: a cohort study. Fleming, K. M., Aithal, G. P., Card, T. R. and West, J. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2010; 32: 1343–1350Background We lack population-based estimates of the rate of decompensation in people with compensated cirrhosis as well as estimates of the manner…
A Comparison of Optical Colonoscopy and CT Colonography Screening Strategies in the Detection and Recovery of Subcentimeter Adenomas.Benson M, Dureja P, Gopal D, Reichelderfer M, Pfau PR. Am J Gastroenterol. 2010 Sep 14. [Epub ahead of print] OBJECTIVES: Evidence has shown that computerized tomographic colonography (CTC) and optical colonoscopy (OC) can detect advanced adenomas at an…
Effect of VX-770 in Persons with Cystic Fibrosis and the G551D-CFTR Mutation.Accurso FJ, Rowe SM, Clancy JP, Boyle MP, Dunitz JM, Durie PR, Sagel SD, Hornick DB, Konstan MW, Donaldson SH, Moss RB, Pilewski JM, Rubenstein RC, Uluer AZ, Aitken ML, Freedman SD, Rose LM, Mayer-Hamblett N, Dong Q, Zha J, Stone AJ, Olson ER,…
Prediction of common bile duct stones in the earliest stages of acute biliary pancreatitis.van Santvoort HC, Bakker OJ, Besselink MG, Bollen TL, Fischer K, Nieuwenhuijs VB, Gooszen HG, Erpecum KJ. Endoscopy. 2010 Oct 22. [Epub ahead of print] BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Accurate prediction of common bile duct (CBD) stones in acute biliary pancreatitis is warranted…
Oral combination therapy with a nucleoside polymerase inhibitor (RG7128) and danoprevir for chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infection (INFORM-1): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation trial. Gane EJ, Roberts SK, Stedman CA, Angus PW, Ritchie B, Elston R, Ipe D, Morcos PN, Baher L, Najera I, Chu T, Lopatin U, Berrey MM, Bradford W, Laughlin M,…
Predictive factors of complete response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer.Carlomagno C, Pepe S, D’Armiento FP, D’Armiento M, Cannella L, De Stefano A, Crispo A, Giordano M, De Placido S. Oncology. 2010;78(5-6):369-75. Epub 2010 Aug 26. PURPOSE: Pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is a favorable prognosticator in rectal cancer patients. We investigated…