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Themed articles: therapeutic monitoring
The major focus in care of patients with digestive illness lies in managing chronic conditions. A set of four articles nested in this edition of Frontline Gastroenterology deal with this important practical aspect of care. The importance of therapeutic monitoring in our specialty lies beyond just chemical measurement of drug and metabolite levels and in to aspects of surveillance of both the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract following endoscopic therapy. We are delighted to have leading authorities authoring articles on the use of anti-TNF antibody measurement as well as thiopurine metabolites to judge the efficacy and safety of therapy of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); these excellently complement articles on the monitoring of dysplasia in Barrett's oesophagus as well as in IBD. We are confident that these pragmatic review articles, featuring algorithms used in the practice of these experts will represent a valuable resource to readers.
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