COLORECTAL CANCER: AN UPDATE, SERIES #7

Elizabeth Half and Nadir Arber

Chemoprevention for colorectal cancer involves the long-term use of nutritional or pharmacological agents that can delay, prevent or even reverse this process. The authors detail some of the available pharmacological agents that have been studied in the chemoprevention setting.

VIRAL HEPATITIS, SERIES #5

Cody B. Barnett and Jorge L. Herrera

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is one of the most common causes of viral hepatitis in the U.S. Vaccination has decreased the incidence but severe HVA can occur in healthy individuals. The authors advise any person who is at risk for contacting HAV to be vaccinated.

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: A PRACTICAL APPROACH, SERIES #34

Titus Thomas and Richard J. Robinson

Should patients with low-grade dysplasia (LGD) be managed conservatively with intensive surveillance, endoscopic polypectomy or mucosal resection, or should all patients have an early colectomy? Dr. Robinson's article explores some of the arguments regarding this question.

NUTRITION ISSUES IN GASTROENTEROLOGY, SERIES #55

Joe Krenitsky, Diklar Makola and Carol Rees Parrish

Nutrition support is required to prevent or reverse malnutrition in 15 to 20 percent of patients that develop severe complicated pancreatitis who are unable to resume oral intake in seven to ten days. The best data available shows that jejunal EN improves outcomes compared to PN.

A SPECIAL ARTICLE

Peter Mavrelis, Ayman M. Abdel Aziz, Chris Rearick, Libby Richards, Gail McNulty and Glen A. Lehman

The data in this article was collected before Curon Medical, Inc. temporarily halted the distribution of the Stretta system due to financial problems. The authors of this paper conclude that lessons learned from initial devices can be applied to the next generaton of devices.

A CASE REPORT

Patrick M. Vannelli, Nader N. Youssef, John J. Oppenheimer, and Joel R. Rosh

A report of 61 consecutive patients with acute dysphasia and endoscopic evaluation for a suspected esophageal foreign body.

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