Please plan on attending Duke GI Journal Club on October 30, 2012. We’ve got a great selection of articles with an emphasis on GI cancer and prevention.
The esophagus article will be presented by Majed El Zouhairi and is entitled “A Combination of Esomeprazole and Aspirin Reduces Tissue Concentrations of Prostaglandin E2 in Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus” by Gary Falk et al in Gastroenterology 143: 917-926. 2012. PMID 22796132.
Along a similar theme, the hot topic will be presented by Mike Heacock and is entitled “Aspirin Use, Tumor P1K3CA Mutation, and Colorectal-Cancer Survival” by Xiaoyun Liao of the Dana Farber as published in the NEJM 367: 1596-606. 2012. PMID 23094721.
Cristal Brown will present the colon cancer screening paper by Robert Schoen et al of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial project entitled “Colorectal-Cancer Incidence and Mortality with Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy” in the NEJM 366: 2345-57. 2012. PMID 22612596.
In addition, I am posting the new AGA “Guidelines for Colonoscopy Surveillance After Screening and Polypectomy: A Consensus Update by the US Multi-Society Tast Force on Colorectal Cancer” as published in Gastroenterology 143: 844-857. 2012. PMID 22763141.
Please plan on joining us for GI Journal Club on Tuesday, Oct 30th.
