A Few Spanish Pearls for the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
07 Nov 2017-The American Journal of Gastroenterology (Nature Publishing Group)-Vol. 112, Iss: 12, pp 1759-1760
TL;DR: How “cost-zero” research in Spain combined with international competitive pressure created a strong collaboration of independent support networks through researcher associations and societies is described, and how this collaboration has become one of the most important contributors to Spanish Gastroenterology.
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- Including the EPICOLON (estudio de la EPIdemiologia del cáncer de COLON) I and II as well as COLONPREV (COLON PREVention study), which have already resulted in important reports.
- Th e COLONPREV project ( 6 ) will be the fi rst RCT to provide 10-year mortality data, comparing colonoscopy and biennial FIT, as screening methods for intermediate risk populations over the age of 50.
- Th e EST-CPRE study, a retrospective analysis of consecutive patients undergoing Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in four centers in Spain, found that patients consuming statins had a 70% lower risk of post-ERCP acute pancreatitis.
- Crucially, these studies have advanced the understanding that GERD and EoE are not mutually exclusive disorders, and that there is a clear EoE phenotype with complete remission on PPIs, with or without GERD.
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