In patients with cirrhosis, the reduction in portal pressure induced by propranolol is apparently enhanced by the addition of octreotide, a long-acting synthetic somatostatin analogue. The finding is reported by researchers from Argentina in the October issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Reuters Health Information
The results of a new study confirm that KRAS mutations are useful in predicting the response to cetuximab as well as survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Reuters Health Information
When patients undergoing capsule endoscopy have slow pyloric transit times, snaring the capsule with an endoscope and placing it beyond the pylorus helps complete the exam. Reuters Health Information
A new therapy that uses budesonide in an oral viscous preparation appears to be safe and effective for eosinophilic esophagitis in young children, according to a study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Reuters Health Information
Portal vein ligation is just as effective as portal vein embolization in increasing the size of a liver that is to undergo partial resection for colorectal metastases, according to a report in the October issue of the Archives of Surgery. Reuters Health Information
