Yazan Abboud

BACKGROUND: Around 15% of acute pancreatitis patients develop necrosis of the pancreatic/peri-pancreatic tissue resulting in necrotic debris surrounded by a wall of granulation tissue called “walled-off pancreas necrosis” (WON)…

Colonoscopy withdrawal time (CWT) of at least 6-9 minutes is the minimum time needed for adequate adenoma detection in the general population. The ideal CWT in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has not been determined…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Currently, most patients with branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (BD-IPMN) are offered indefinite surveillance, resulting in health care costs with questionable benefits regarding cancer prevention…

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer (PC) features highly proliferative cancer cells and a dense stroma modulating tumor growth. Due to the invasive behavior of PC and the lack of effective treatments, there is a pressing need to develop therapies targeted at tumorigenic events to slow down PC progression…

Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States (US). Previous reports have shown significant changes in the epidemiology of CRC…

BACKGROUND: Although metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and viral hepatitis are both important etiologies of liver fibrosis, the interaction between the pathologies remains unclear…