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A retrospective study in Hong Kong has shown that neoadjuvant rectal (NAR) score is an independent prognostic marker in Chinese patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT), indicating its potential applicability in clinical trials and routine practice.

In the treatment of children with eosinophilic esophagitis, eliminating foods that contain cow’s milk protein from the diet is effective, inducing relatively high rates of histologic remission and significantly improving symptoms and endoscopic abnormalities, as shown in a study.

Video capsule endoscopy is as safe in octa-nonagenarians as it is in younger older-adults, a recent study has found. At the same time, diagnostic yield seems to be better in this older subgroup.

Individuals with impaired dental health are more likely to be diagnosed with esophageal cancer, with the odds similarly elevated for both histopathological subtypes, according to a study.

CD-TREAT* diet, a food-based diet with a similar dietary profile to exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN), induces clinical response or remission and improves quality of life (QoL) in children and adults with active Crohn’s disease (CD), according to a study presented at ESPGHAN 2022.

Laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) patients generally do not need to undergo 2 weeks of analgesics, leading to shorter hospitalization leaves (HL) and to a faster return to work, according to a recent Singapore study.