Pancreas and Biliary Tract
Perspectives
Screening Options for Rare Malignancies
In this issue of Perspectives, we discuss screening for pancreatic cancer and cholangiocarcinoma.
Member Spotlight
Giving the Smallest GI Transplant Patients a New Lease On Life
As medical director of intestinal transplant at Stanford Children’s Health, Dr. Yoyo Zhang sees children with critical illnesses like intestinal...
Conference Coverage
AI Tool Helps Detect, Differentiate Pancreatic Lesions During Endoscopic Ultrasound
Endoscopic ultrasound is the “gold standard” for pancreatic lesion evaluation, but its diagnostic accuracy is suboptimal, particularly for lesions...
Conference Coverage
Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: Optimal PERT Dose Varies by Primary Pancreatic Disease
Successful PERT is defined as the resolution of nutritional deficiencies and relief of symptoms and signs associated with insufficiency.
From the AGA Journals
Automated ERCP Report Card Offers High Accuracy, Minimal Work
The tool measures quality in relation to procedure indication and difficulty at the provider level.
From the AGA Journals
Late ERCP After Cholecystectomy Linked with Worse Outcomes
Findings suggest a need for more careful patient selection with ERCP, and greater reliance upon noninvasive imaging.
The New Gastroenterologist
August 2024 – ICYMI
In case you missed it: Recent studies published in the journals of the American Gastroenterology Association.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA OKs Iqirvo, First-in-Class PPAR Treatment for Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Accelerated approval of Iqirvo for PBC was based on data from the phase 3 ELATIVE trial published last year.
Article
Fluid Management in Acute Pancreatitis
Conference Coverage
In IBD Patients, Statin Use Associated with Lower Risk of Developing PSC
Statin use was associated with an 86% risk reduction, and only .09% of IBD patients who took statins developed PSC.