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Sci Rep
December 2023
Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection can lead to various digestive system diseases, making accurate diagnosis crucial. However, not all available tests are equally non-invasive and sensitive.
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April 2024
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.
Objective: Transoral surgery (TOS) is a widely used treatment for laryngopharyngeal cancer. There are some difficult cases of setting the extent of resection in TOS, particularly in setting the vertical margins. However, positive vertical margins require additional treatment.
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December 2022
Department of Gastroenterology, University at Buffalo, 955 Main Street, Buffalo 14203, New York, USA.
Whereas typical Crohn's disease is confined to the terminal ileum and presents with abdominal pain and diarrhea, gastroduodenal manifestations of Crohn's disease are rare, with often asymptomatic patient presentations and inconclusive diagnostic testing. It is, however, a more severe form of Crohn's disease and thus warrants treatment with steroids and biologics much earlier than its ileocolonic counterpart. We present the case of a young, otherwise healthy, male with newly diagnosed ileocolonic Crohn's disease with concurrent gastroduodenal involvement that initially failed management with biologic agents.
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February 2024
Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
Objectives: No protocol for esophagogastroduodenoscopic examination of the duodenum has been established. We examined the feasibility and ability to detect neoplasms of a novel duodenal examination protocol.
Methods: This was a two-facility, prospective, observational study.
Introduction: Immune checkpoint inhibitors such as programmed cell death/-ligand 1 inhibitor and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 inhibitors have been widely used for various advanced malignancies. The mechanism of action for these inhibitors is the improvement of antitumor immunity via T-cell modulation. On the contrary, immune-related adverse events such as autoimmune colitis might arise in association with T-cell activation.
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