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GI Journal Club is Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Please plan on joining us for GI Journal Club on Sept. 24, 2013 in the Tyor Conference room at 5PM.
Here are links to the articles:
Tony Tran will present the esophagus article: The Esophageal String Test: a novel, minimally invasive method measures mucosal inflammation in eosinophilic esophagitis. Furuta G et al. Gut. 62: 1395-405. 2013. PMID 22895393.
Julius Wilder will present the colon cancer screening paper: The impact of fair colonoscopy preparation on colonoscopy use and adenoma miss rates in patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy. Menees SB et al. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 78: 510-6. 2013. PMID 23642491.
Matt Kappus will present the hot topic: Efficacy and safety of oral chelators in treatment of patients with Wilson disease. Weiss et al. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 11: 1028-1035. 2013. PMID 23542331.
Dawn Provenzale has offered to present the two recent NEJM papers on colorectal screening that were just published last week. The references are as follows: Nishihara R. et al. NEJM 369:1095-1105. 2013. PMID 24047059 and Shaukat A. et al. NEJM. 369: 1106-1114. 2013. PMID 24047060.
It is unlikely that there will be time to present an upcoming Gastroenterology paper that relates to gastroesophageal junction cancers and obesity, but I’ll leave it posted here in case anyone is interested as it may relate to development of GE junction cancers: Central Obesity in asymptomatic volunteers is associated with increased intasphincteric acid reflux and lengthening of the cardiac mucosa. Robertson et al. Gastroenterology. 145: 730-739. 2013. PMID 23796455.
There is an accompanying editorial in Gastroenterology by Quante, Abrams and Wang. PMID 23978439.
August 27, 2013 Journal Club Articles Posted
Welcome back to Journal Club! We are looking forward to seeing everyone on August 27th at 5PM in the Tyor Conference room.
This month, Jeff Basile will present a paper on Celiac disease by Lebwohl et al entitled: Mucosal healing and risk for lymphoproliferative malignancy in celiac disease. Annals of Internal Medicine. 159: 169-175. 2013. PMID 23922062. Please note that there is an accompanying review by Forsmark: Why take follow-up Biopsies in celiac disease?
Majed El Zouhairi will present a paper by Singh et al entitled: Liver stiffness measurements are associated with risk of decompensation, liver cancer, and death in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis from Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2013 ePub ahead of print. PMID 23954643.
Cindy Moylan will present a paper by Gentry et al: Addressing geogrpahic disparities in liver transplantation through redistricting. Am J Transplantation. 13: 2052-2058. 2013. PMID 23837931.
Cristal Brown will present a paper by Von Renteln et al: Peroral endoscopic myotomy for the treatment of achalasia: an international prospective multicenter study. Gastroenterology. 145: 309-311. PMID 23665071.
If time permits, Cristal will also present the recent review by Bonavina et al: LINX reflux management system in chronic gastroesophageal reflux: a novel effective technology for restoring the natural barrier to reflux. Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology. PMID 23814607.
Thanks, everyone. See you on the 27th.
