GI Insights

What are some common gastrointestinal complications from oncologic therapies? How can physicians differentiate a side effect from a condition that requires further evaluation? Host Dr. Jay Goldstein welcomes Dr. Robert Bresalier, professor of medicine in the department of gastrointestinal medicine and nutrition at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, to discuss the role of the gastroenterologist in treating cancer and complications from oncologic therapies. Is there a way to prevent gastroenterologic complications?

How have treatments for colorectal and pancreatic cancers advanced in recent years, and are novel treatments reducing the mortality rate of patients with these cancers? Dr. J. Randolph Hecht, director of the GI Oncology Program at the UCLA Health System and clinical professor of medicine in the hematology-oncology division at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, looks at some of the newer pharmacological agents and methods being used to treat these gastrointestinal cancers. Dr. Jay Goldstein hosts.

What are some of the newer bariatric endoscopic procedures, and when are these procedures preferred over traditional gastric bypass surgery? Dr. Michael Camilleri, professor of medicine and physiology at the Mayo Clinic Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota, reviews the most common gastric bypass procedures, such as the Roux-en-Y, laproscopic banding and duodenal switch procedures, and explains the advantages to some of the newer surgeries, including the sleeve gastrectomy and transoral gastroplasty. Dr. Mark DeLegge hosts.

The micro-organism Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, can cause serious infection and is often resistant to antibiotic therapy. A less traditional approach to treatment — the stool transplant — has emerged as a very successful therapy for patients suffering from C. diff. What does the procedure involve, and which patients might be candidates? Host Dr. Mark DeLegge explores this unconventional therapy with Dr. Timothy Rubin, gastroenterologist at Saint Mary's Duluth Clinic Health System in Minnesota.

What do recent measures recommend to primary care physicians and gastroenterologists who care for patients with hepatitis C? Dr. Emmet Keeffe, professor of medicine emeritus at Stanford University Medical Center, joins host Dr. Jay Goldstein to outline the 10 measures for diagnosing and treating patients with hepatitis C.

Non-cardiac chest pain and chronic cough are just two of the extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. What other symptoms should we look for? If a patient displays characteristics of GERD, such as esophogeal regurgitation, is that patient also likely to experience extraesophogeal manifestations of GERD? Dr. John Inadomi, the Dean M. Craig Endowed Chair in Gastrointestinal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, explains what distinguishes extraesophogeal manifestations of GERD from GERD symptoms. Do proton pump inhibitors treat both GERD and its extraesophogeal symptoms? Dr. Jay Goldstein hosts.

What do recent measures recommend to primary care physicians and gastroenterologists who care for patients with hepatitis C? Dr. Emmet Keeffe, professor of medicine emeritus at Stanford University Medical Center, joins host Dr. Jay Goldstein to outline the 10 measures for diagnosing and treating patients with hepatitis C.

Non-cardiac chest pain and chronic cough are just two of the extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. What other symptoms should we look for? If a patient displays characteristics of GERD, such as esophogeal regurgitation, is that patient also likely to experience extraesophogeal manifestations of GERD? Dr. John Inadomi, the Dean M. Craig Endowed Chair in Gastrointestinal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, explains what distinguishes extraesophogeal manifestations of GERD from GERD symptoms. Do proton pump inhibitors treat both GERD and its extraesophogeal symptoms? Dr. Jay Goldstein hosts.

Constipation is a common symptom that presents more often in women and as patients get older. What are the primary and secondary causes of chronic constipation? What are some of the differentiating factors between chronic constipation and IBS-C? Dr. David Peura, professor of medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Mark DeLegge to discuss algorithms for diagnosing chronic constipation. When are lifestyle changes not enough for treating chronic constipation, and what are the most effective alternatives?

Acetaminophen, vitamin supplements and antibiotics are just a few of the medications that can cause liver injury. What are the signs of drug-induced liver injury? Are the effects immediate, or do the effects become noticeable after an extended period of time? Dr. Rowen Zetterman, professor of internal medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, provides an overview of factors that might lead to drug-induced liver injury. Dr. Mark DeLegge hosts.