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Endoscopic Management of Chronic Pancreatitis: A Guide for Patients

Explore effective, minimally invasive endoscopic options for managing chronic pancreatitis symptoms and complications, following ASGE guidelines.

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Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: Minimally Invasive GI Care

Discover Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD)—a minimally invasive way to treat early digestive cancers and lesions safely, with quicker recovery and fewer risks than surgery.

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Understanding Focal Liver Lesions: What You Need to Know

Focal liver lesions (FLLs) are abnormal areas of tissue within the liver, often discovered incidentally during imaging tests. With the increased use of imaging technologies, many people are finding liver lesions, even if they do not have symptoms.

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Pancreatic Cancer Screening: Who Needs It and When?

Pancreatic cancer, ranking as the 12th most common cancer globally, presents unique challenges in both diagnosis and treatment. Screening for pancreatic cancer is crucial, especially for those at high risk.

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New American Guidelines for Helicobacter pylori Treatment

Helicobacter pylori can cause serious health issues like chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, and even gastric cancer. Recognizing the serious health risks of H. pylori, leading gastroenterology experts have released new treatment guidelines.

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Understanding Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Lesions (SELs)

A gastrointestinal subepithelial lesion (SEL) is a mass or mass-like structure that protrudes into the gastrointestinal (GI) lumen, arising from layers beneath the mucosa of the GI tract wall. What to do when your doctor finds SELs?

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New Guidelines for Acute Pancreatitis: A Patient's Guide

This year, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) published new guidelines for patients with acute pancreatitis (AP). This guide summarizes these guidelines to help you understand the standard of care.

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New American Guidelines for Endoscopic Treatment of Barrett's Esophagus

Barrett's Esophagus (BE) is a precursor to esophageal cancer. The American Gastroenterological Association has recently released guidelines on Endoscopic Eradication Therapy to assist healthcare providers in managing this condition effectively.

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Ensuring High-Quality Upper Endoscopy: What You Need to Know

Upper endoscopy, a procedure commonly performed to diagnose and treat various digestive tract conditions, has recently been updated with new guidelines from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA).

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