Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in patients younger than 50 years are increasing, but screening before the age of 50 is not offered in Europe. Advancedstage diagnosis and mortality from colorectal cancer bef...Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in patients younger than 50 years are increasing, but screening before the age of 50 is not offered in Europe. Advancedstage diagnosis and mortality from colorectal cancer before 50 years of age are increasing. This is not a detection-bias effect;it is a real issue affecting the entire population. Three independent computational models indicate that screening from 45 years of age would yield a better balance of benefits and risks than the current start at 50 years of age. Experimental data support these predictions in a sex- and race-independent manner. Earlier screening is seemingly affordable, with minimal impediments to providing younger adults with colonoscopy. Indeed, the American Cancer Society has already started to recommend screening from 45 years of age in the United States. Implementing early screening is a societal and public health problem. The three independent computational models that suggested earlier screening were criticized for assuming perfect compliance. Guidelines and recommendations should be derived from well-collected and reproducible data, and not from mathematical predictions. In the era of personalized medicine, screening decisions might not be based solely on age, and sophisticated prediction software may better guide screening. Moreover, early screening might divert resources away from older individuals with greater biological risks. Finally, it is still unknown whether early colorectal cancer is part of a continuum of disease or a biologically distinct disease and, as such, it might not benefit from screening at all. The increase in early-onset colorectal cancer incidence and mortality demonstrates an obligation to take actions. Earlier screening would save lives, and starting at the age of 45 years may be a robust screening option.展开更多
AIM: To assess the rate of relapses of acute pancreatitis (AP), recurrent AP (RAP) and the evolution of endosonographic signs of chronic pancreatitis (CP) in patients with pancreas divisum (PDiv) and RAP.
AIM： To compare peptic ulcer prevalence in patients referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in two Italian hospitals in pre-Helicobacter era and ten years after the progressive diffusion of eradication therapy....AIM： To compare peptic ulcer prevalence in patients referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in two Italian hospitals in pre-Helicobacter era and ten years after the progressive diffusion of eradication therapy. METHODS： We checked all the endoscopic examinations consecutively performed in the Gastroenterology Unit of Padova during 1986-87 and 1995-96, and in the Gastroenterology Unit of Parma during 1992 and 2002. Chi Square test was used for statistic analysis. RESULTS： Data from both the endoscopic centers showed a statistically significant decrease in the prevalence of ulcers： from 12.7% to 6.3% （P〈0.001） in Padova and from 15.6% to 12%（P〈0.001） in Parma. The decrease was significant both for duodenal （from 8.8% to 4.8%, P〈0.001） and gastric ulcer （3.9% to 1.5%, P〈0.001） in Padova, and only for duodenal ulcer in Parma （9.2% to 6.1%, P〈0.001; gastric ulcer： 6.3% to 5.8%, NS）. CONCLUSION： Ten years of extensive Helicobacter pylori （H pylori） eradication in symptomatic patients led to a significant reduction in peptic ulcer prevalence. This reduction was particularly evident in：Padova, where a project for the sensibilization of H pylori eradication among general practioners was carried out between 1990 and 1992. Should our hypothesis be true, H pylori eradication might in the future lead to peptic ulcer as a rare endoscopic finding.展开更多
AIM： To evaluate the gastric permeability after both acute and chronic use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs （NSAIDs） and to assess the clinical usefulness of sucrose test in detecting and following NSAIDs-i...AIM： To evaluate the gastric permeability after both acute and chronic use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs （NSAIDs） and to assess the clinical usefulness of sucrose test in detecting and following NSAIDs-induced gastric damage mainly in asymptomatic patients and the efficacy of a single pantoprazole dose in chronic users. METHODS： Seventy-one consecutive patients on chronic therapy with NSAIDs were enrolled in the study and divided into groups A and 13 （group A receiving 40 mg pantoprazole daily, group B only receiving NSAIDs）. Sucrose test was performed at baseline and after 2, 4 and 12 wk, respectively. The symptoms in the upper gastrointestinal tract were recorded. RESULTS： The patients treated with pantoprazole had sucrose excretion under the limit during the entire follow-up period. The patients without gastroprotection had sucrose excretion above the limit after 2 wk, with an increasing trend in the following weeks （P = 0.000）. A number of patients in this group revealed a significantly altered gastric permeability although they were asymptomatic during the follow-up period. CONCLUSION： Sucrose test can be proposed as a valid tool for the clinical evaluation of NSAIDs-induced gastric damage in both acute and chronic therapy. This tecnique helps to identify patients with clinically silent gastric damages. Pantoprazole （40 mg daily） is effective and well tolerated in chronic NSAID users .展开更多
文摘Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in patients younger than 50 years are increasing, but screening before the age of 50 is not offered in Europe. Advancedstage diagnosis and mortality from colorectal cancer before 50 years of age are increasing. This is not a detection-bias effect;it is a real issue affecting the entire population. Three independent computational models indicate that screening from 45 years of age would yield a better balance of benefits and risks than the current start at 50 years of age. Experimental data support these predictions in a sex- and race-independent manner. Earlier screening is seemingly affordable, with minimal impediments to providing younger adults with colonoscopy. Indeed, the American Cancer Society has already started to recommend screening from 45 years of age in the United States. Implementing early screening is a societal and public health problem. The three independent computational models that suggested earlier screening were criticized for assuming perfect compliance. Guidelines and recommendations should be derived from well-collected and reproducible data, and not from mathematical predictions. In the era of personalized medicine, screening decisions might not be based solely on age, and sophisticated prediction software may better guide screening. Moreover, early screening might divert resources away from older individuals with greater biological risks. Finally, it is still unknown whether early colorectal cancer is part of a continuum of disease or a biologically distinct disease and, as such, it might not benefit from screening at all. The increase in early-onset colorectal cancer incidence and mortality demonstrates an obligation to take actions. Earlier screening would save lives, and starting at the age of 45 years may be a robust screening option.
文摘AIM: To assess the rate of relapses of acute pancreatitis (AP), recurrent AP (RAP) and the evolution of endosonographic signs of chronic pancreatitis (CP) in patients with pancreas divisum (PDiv) and RAP.
文摘AIM： To compare peptic ulcer prevalence in patients referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in two Italian hospitals in pre-Helicobacter era and ten years after the progressive diffusion of eradication therapy. METHODS： We checked all the endoscopic examinations consecutively performed in the Gastroenterology Unit of Padova during 1986-87 and 1995-96, and in the Gastroenterology Unit of Parma during 1992 and 2002. Chi Square test was used for statistic analysis. RESULTS： Data from both the endoscopic centers showed a statistically significant decrease in the prevalence of ulcers： from 12.7% to 6.3% （P〈0.001） in Padova and from 15.6% to 12%（P〈0.001） in Parma. The decrease was significant both for duodenal （from 8.8% to 4.8%, P〈0.001） and gastric ulcer （3.9% to 1.5%, P〈0.001） in Padova, and only for duodenal ulcer in Parma （9.2% to 6.1%, P〈0.001; gastric ulcer： 6.3% to 5.8%, NS）. CONCLUSION： Ten years of extensive Helicobacter pylori （H pylori） eradication in symptomatic patients led to a significant reduction in peptic ulcer prevalence. This reduction was particularly evident in：Padova, where a project for the sensibilization of H pylori eradication among general practioners was carried out between 1990 and 1992. Should our hypothesis be true, H pylori eradication might in the future lead to peptic ulcer as a rare endoscopic finding.
文摘AIM： To evaluate the gastric permeability after both acute and chronic use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs （NSAIDs） and to assess the clinical usefulness of sucrose test in detecting and following NSAIDs-induced gastric damage mainly in asymptomatic patients and the efficacy of a single pantoprazole dose in chronic users. METHODS： Seventy-one consecutive patients on chronic therapy with NSAIDs were enrolled in the study and divided into groups A and 13 （group A receiving 40 mg pantoprazole daily, group B only receiving NSAIDs）. Sucrose test was performed at baseline and after 2, 4 and 12 wk, respectively. The symptoms in the upper gastrointestinal tract were recorded. RESULTS： The patients treated with pantoprazole had sucrose excretion under the limit during the entire follow-up period. The patients without gastroprotection had sucrose excretion above the limit after 2 wk, with an increasing trend in the following weeks （P = 0.000）. A number of patients in this group revealed a significantly altered gastric permeability although they were asymptomatic during the follow-up period. CONCLUSION： Sucrose test can be proposed as a valid tool for the clinical evaluation of NSAIDs-induced gastric damage in both acute and chronic therapy. This tecnique helps to identify patients with clinically silent gastric damages. Pantoprazole （40 mg daily） is effective and well tolerated in chronic NSAID users .
