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Colon cancer patients who underwent surgery appear to have worse survival outcomes in the presence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), as shown in a study.

Patients who discontinue tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) therapy appear to have a higher hepatitis B virus relapse rate than those who ceased entecavir or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) therapy, according to a recent study.

The use of aspirin among pregnant patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) does not appear to increase the risk of disease severity, reports a study. Low-dose aspirin (LDA) has been prescribed to nearly a third of IBD patients during pregnancy.

For survivors of colorectal cancer (CRC), consuming more fibre in their daily diet helps reduce bowel-related symptoms, according to a study.

Patients with cirrhosis using calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are not at increased risk of variceal haemorrhage, as reported in a retrospective study.

Patients with persistent symptoms of achalasia may benefit from repeat per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) following a failed initial procedure, suggests a study.

A recent study has shown the safety and efficacy of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in the management of rectal neoplasms extending to the dentate line (RNDLs), which also boasts of a low recurrence rate.