SORVEGLIANZA PER L’HCC IN CORSO DI CIRROSI: FINE DEL MONOPOLIO DELL’ALFAFETOPROTEINA! L’EDITORIALE DA “GASTROENTEROLOGY” (FREE)

Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis: End of Monopoly for Serum Alpha Fetoprotein Lung-Yi Mak ∙ Man-Fung Yuen Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the final common pathway for all chronic liver diseases. HCC surveillance strategies are aimed at early detection to improve survival after a cancer diagnosis. The essence of HCC surveillance consists of 6-monthly ultrasonography of the liver, whereas…

OLTRE L’ALFAFETOPROTEINA: IL”GALAD” HA UN’ACCURATEZZA SUPERIORE PER LA DIAGNOSI DI CARCINOMA EPATOCELLULARE IN CORSO DI CIRROSI. DA “GASTROENTEROLOGY” (FREE)

A Phase 3 Biomarker Validation of GALAD for the Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis Tracey L. Marsh et al Abstract Background & Aims Better surveillance tests for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are needed. The GALAD score (gender, age, α-fetoprotein [AFP] L3, AFP, and des-γ carboxyprothrombin) has been shown to have excellent sensitivity and specificity for HCC…

“PUBBLICARE O MORIRE”. SI TRATTA DI UN DISASTRO, AVVERTE “NATURE”. CHI PENSA MAI ALLA RIPRODUCIBILITA’, IL VERO TEST PER LA ATTENDIBILITA’ DI UN PAPER ? (FREE)

‘Publish or perish’ culture blamed for reproducibility crisis Survey of more than 1,600 biomedical researchers also flagged small sample sizes and cherry-picking of data as leading causes of reproducibility problems Laurie Udesky Nearly three-quarters of biomedical researchers think there is a reproducibility crisis in science, according to a survey published in November. The leading cause…

PICCOLE METASTASI EPATICHE DA CANCRO DEL COLON: ATTENZIONE! ESISTE UN RUOLO PER LA ABLAZIONE TERMICA INVECE DELLA CHIRURGIA! LEGGI IL TRIAL DI NON INFERIORITA’ DA ” LANCET ONCOLOGY”

Thermal ablation versus surgical resection of small-size colorectal liver metastases (COLLISION): an international, randomised, controlled, phase 3 non-inferiority trial Susan van der Lei, et al. Summary Background For patients with small-size colorectal liver metastases, growing evidence suggests thermal ablation to be associated with fewer adverse events and faster recovery than resection while also challenging resection…

MALATTIA DI CROHN: MA QUALE E’ LA RISPOSTA AL PLACEBO ATTRAVERSO TUTTI I TRIAL? UNA IMPRESSIONANTE META-ANALISI SU DATI INDIVIDUALI. DA “GASTROENTEROLOGY” (FREE)

Placebo Rates in Crohn’s Disease Randomized Clinical Trials: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis Virginia Solitano et al. Abstract Background & Aims Understanding placebo rates is critical for efficient clinical trial design. We assessed placebo rates and associated factors using individual patient data from Crohn’s disease trials. Methods We conducted a meta-analysis of phase 2/3 placebo-controlled trials…

SCORE ENDOSCOPICI PER LE IBD ! UNA OTTIMA REVISIONE DALL'”AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATION”. DA “GASTROENTEROLOGY” (FREE)

AGA Clinical Practice Update on Endoscopic Scoring Systems in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Commentary Anna M. Buchner∙ Francis A. Farraye ∙ Marietta Iacucci Abstract Descrizione I sistemi di punteggio endoscopici valutano la gravità dell’infiammazione e forniscono obiettività, uniformità e standardizzazione della segnalazione degli aspetti della mucosa nei pazienti con malattia infiammatoria intestinale; pertanto, sono stati consigliati per valutare l’efficacia…