📣 Calling all early-career GIs and PhDs! The AGA Journals are now accepting applications for a one-year editorial fellowship program focused on editorial training and leadership development.
⏰ Apply by April 30, 2026
🔗 Details and application: https://ow.ly/uxLi50YqpvA
#GIFellowship
Exome sequencing of Lynch syndrome #CRCs in MLH1 variant carriers confirms a “two-in-one” CTNNB1-driven pathway via chr3 CNLOH and suggests a second APC/CTNNB1-independent RNF43/ZNRF3-mutated route.
🔗 https://ow.ly/qCEC50Yobag
🌟 Randomized controlled trial finds an addition of biomarkers to ultrasound for liver cancer surveillance did not enhance early-stage detection. Establishing optimal thresholds will be critical.
🔗 https://ow.ly/FNtW50YoaIw
Review examines epidemiology, natural history, and treatment of #eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases. Read the full article here:
🔗 https://ow.ly/byuo50Yo9PO
Study examines endoscopic ultrasound-guided choledochoduodenostomy vs endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in malignant distal biliary obstruction to prevent postprocedural pancreatitis. Read more at https://ow.ly/2kC750Ykku0
For the last week of February, we're revisiting a key DEI piece including authors Carolyn M. Rutter and Folasade P. May:
🌍"Racism Is a Modifiable Risk Factor: Relationships Among Race, Ethnicity, and Colorectal Cancer Outcomes"
📖 https://ow.ly/lUUz50Y8oMB
#BHM2026
Read this systematic review on overcoming methodological confusion to gain new insights into key microbial perturbations at #IBD onset and guide new treatment approaches.
🔗 https://ow.ly/15Eb50Ykk81
💉 The March Editor's Essential Reading is a commentary on the importance of the #HepatitisB vaccine. Read the article here: https://ow.ly/cJQK50YkjiX
📖 The March issue of #Gastroenterology is now online! This issue includes:
🌟 A Review on eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases
🌟 A study on the mutational landscape of #colorectal tumors
🌟 Research on the gut microbiome at the onset of #IBD
🌟 ...and more!
🔗 https://ow.ly/kQYi50YiQU4
We're excited to revisit this paper from Dennis Shung and Loren Laine, published in Gastro in 2023:
👩⚕️"Disparities in Access to Endoscopy for Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Presenting to Emergency Departments"
🔗 https://ow.ly/E8f050Y8ov8
#BHM2026
💡 Blocking PI3K and SUMO pathways together kills #PancreaticCancer cells and leads to an immune assisted anti-tumor response, offering a new treatment approach for this difficult-to-treat cancer. Learn more at https://ow.ly/f3mC50Yfhpt
🔥 Hot paper from new investigators reveals that LKB1 mono- and bi-allelic loss increasingly reprograms the intestinal epithelium into a regenerative state characterized by autocrine EGF signaling and a predisposition towards serrated #ColorectalCancer development.
🔗 https://ow.ly/aXBj50Yfhem
🔎 AI increases adenoma detection, often reclassifying low-risk patients as high-risk, which increases surveillance burden with unclear long-term impact. Guideline adjustments may mitigate this issue. Click the link to learn more: https://ow.ly/nqZi50YbQL4
In our efforts to revisit journal content examining health disparities in #gastroenterology, we're highlighting a DEI piece from 2022:
👩⚕️"Race-based clinical recommendations in gastroenterology" by Shazia Mehmood Siddique
🔗 https://ow.ly/n5sq50Y8oaz
#BHM2026
Three-year follow-up data from the LADI RCT showed that over one-third of patients with #CrohnsDisease in stable remission who initiated adalimumab de-escalation were on a de-escalated adalimumab interval at year three.
🔗 https://ow.ly/u7e850YbPCp
In a cohort of 1,066 patients, the protein-biomarker test PancreaSure distinguished Stage 1 and 2 pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma from high-risk controls with 78.5% sensitivity and 93.5% specificity. Read more at https://ow.ly/a3OY50YbP8I
🧠 Study examines implications of shame for patient-reported outcomes in bowel disorders of gut-brain interaction
🔗 https://ow.ly/ojnb50Y7HTo
This February, we're revisiting articles that examine health disparities in #gastroenterology, published in @AGA_Gastro and @AGA_CGH over the years:
🌍 "Bridging the Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Gap in Gastroenterology" by Byron Cryer
📖 https://ow.ly/uTO950Y8oeZ
#BHM2026
💡 The ANTICIPATE-NASH models outperform histology in predicting clinical events in advanced MASLD, enabling better patient risk stratification for clinical care and trial selection. Read the full study here: https://ow.ly/h7bm50Y7EO5
🖋️ @juanabraldes.bsky.social
Positive ARFID screens are common in DGBI and associated with increased general health burden. Routine screening for ARFID in DGBI will inform the multi-integrated care plan.
🔗 https://ow.ly/Z73U50Y7EuS
#ColorectalCancer is rising in young people. ENCODER study validates a non-invasive cf/exo-miRNA blood test with AUROC >95% in independent cohorts, 91.6% sensitivity, and 87.5% specificity. Read more at https://ow.ly/S4QC50Y3LEe
New comprehensive review covers alcohol's impact across all pancreatic diseases, from acute pancreatitis to cancer and diabetes. It explores epidemiology, mechanisms, genetics, and emerging therapies. Click the link below to read the full article:
🔗 https://ow.ly/62Fp50Y3L81
🖋️ Kıvanç Görgülü
📣 Editor's Essential Reading investigates the scale and characteristics of disrupted National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grants. Read more at https://ow.ly/pQVZ50Y3M5F
📖 The February issue of #Gastroenterology is now online! This issue includes:
🌟 A Review on the effects of alcohol across pancreatic diseases
🌟 Research on histology and pediatric #EoE
🌟 A study on blood-based detection of PDAC
🌟 ...and more!
🔗 https://ow.ly/X78U50Y1NKb
📸 Gastro Curbside Consult presents a rare case of biliary fascioliasis mimicking liver abscess. EUS and ERCP enabled diagnosis and en bloc fluke retrieval. Early recognition is the key: https://ow.ly/hcJT50Y0oFV
#Fasciola #ERCP #LiverAbscess
Review provides an overview of GEP-NETs, with a focus on incidence trends, pathologic classification, diagnostic strategies, therapeutic advances, and the role of endoscopy in diagnosis and management of GEP-NETs.
🔗 https://ow.ly/jZsY50XY5na
New #Gastroenterology article on the mutational landscape of #colorectal tumors was highlighted by Radboudumc.
📰 Check out the press coverage: https://ow.ly/CQOw50XVCUK
📝 Read the article: https://ow.ly/2UEl50XVCTY
🚼 Study identifies factors associated with the emergence of #gastroesophageal varices associated with bleeding in children with portal hypertension.
Read more at https://ow.ly/1BEq50XVB0Y
👀 #ICYMI, one of December's most engaging articles examined the low FODMAP diet's effect on colonic barrier function and mast cell activation in patients with diarrhea-predominant #IBS. Read more at https://ow.ly/MA4B50XVEwm
If you read "GastroNet-5M: A Multicenter Dataset for Developing Foundation Models in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy," check out the corresponding editorial on foundation models in medicine, gastroenterology, and endoscopy: https://ow.ly/8WiX50XVAur
