Smoke-free policies have been an important tobacco control intervention. As recently as 20
years ago, few communities required workplaces and hospitality venues to be smoke-free …

Background & Aims Gastric cancer is the leading cause of infection-related cancer death
and the third-leading cause of cancer death worldwide. The effect of immigration on gastric …

Background Endoscopic gallbladder drainage (GBD) is an alternative to percutaneous GBD
(PGBD) to treat acute cholecystitis, yielding similar success rates and fewer adverse events …

Background & Aims There have been few studies of abdominal imaging screening of
individuals at high risk for pancreatic cancer (based on family history or genetic variants) …

Background and Aims The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has
limited endoscopy utilization, causing significant health and economic losses. We aim to …

Objective The aim of the study was to perform an economic analysis to identify the clinical
and cost determinants of pancreatic cancer (PC) surveillance in high-risk individuals (HRIs) …

Objective This study aimed to evaluate a deep learning protocol to identify neoplasia in
intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia (IPMN) in comparison to current radiographic …

Abstract Background/Objectives Alcoholic acute pancreatitis (AAP) comprises the second
most common cause of acute pancreatitis in the USA, and there is lack of data regarding 30 …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is associated with different gastrointestinal motility disturbances and
syndromes. We aim to assess gastric emptying in patients with CF compared to healthy …

Purpose The aims of this study were to delineate the epidemiology of gastric
adenocarcinoma in Central America and contrast it with Hispanic-Latino populations in the …