September Journal Club – Take Home Points – Hepatology
Lisa Jones presented a paper [PMID: 21538434] on female sex as a predictor of advanced recurrent disease, mortality and graft loss after liver transplantation. This was a retrospective study with limited information available via chart review about certain variables such as etiology of graft loss, immunosuppressive regimen, and possible additional confounders. Overall, the study raised numerous […]
September GI Journal Club – Colorectal Cancer Screening
Tony Tran presented a meta analysis, Is Diabetes Mellitus an Independent Risk Factor for Colon Cancer and Rectal Cancer? [PMID: 21912438], that reviewed studies that included diabetes as a potential factor associated with increased incidence of colorectal cancer. The authors concluded that diabetes is an independent risk factor for colorectal cancer. In the paper, they […]
