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Djinbachian R, Haumesser C, Taghiakbari M, Pohl H, Barkun A, Sidani S, Liu Chen Kiow J, Panzini B, Bouchard S, Deslandres E, Alj A, von Renteln D. Autonomous Artificial Intelligence vs Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Human Optical Diagnosis of Colorectal Polyps: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Gastroenterology 2024:S0016-5085(24)00131-8. [PMID: 38331204 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Artificial intelligence (AI)-based optical diagnosis systems (CADx) have been developed to allow pathology prediction of colorectal polyps during colonoscopies. However, CADx systems have not yet been validated for autonomous performance. Therefore, we conducted a trial comparing autonomous AI to AI-assisted human (AI-H) optical diagnosis. METHODS We performed a randomized noninferiority trial of patients undergoing elective colonoscopies at 1 academic institution. Patients were randomized into (1) autonomous AI-based CADx optical diagnosis of diminutive polyps without human input or (2) diagnosis by endoscopists who performed optical diagnosis of diminutive polyps after seeing the real-time CADx diagnosis. The primary outcome was accuracy in optical diagnosis in both arms using pathology as the gold standard. Secondary outcomes included agreement with pathology for surveillance intervals. RESULTS A total of 467 patients were randomized (238 patients/158 polyps in the autonomous AI group and 229 patients/179 polyps in the AI-H group). Accuracy for optical diagnosis was 77.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 69.7-84.7) in the autonomous AI group and 72.1% (95% CI, 65.5-78.6) in the AI-H group (P = .86). For high-confidence diagnoses, accuracy for optical diagnosis was 77.2% (95% CI, 69.7-84.7) in the autonomous AI group and 75.5% (95% CI, 67.9-82.0) in the AI-H group. Autonomous AI had statistically significantly higher agreement with pathology-based surveillance intervals compared to AI-H (91.5% [95% CI, 86.9-96.1] vs 82.1% [95% CI, 76.5-87.7]; P = .016). CONCLUSIONS Autonomous AI-based optical diagnosis exhibits noninferior accuracy to endoscopist-based diagnosis. Both autonomous AI and AI-H exhibited relatively low accuracy for optical diagnosis; however, autonomous AI achieved higher agreement with pathology-based surveillance intervals. (ClinicalTrials.gov, Number NCT05236790).
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- Roupen Djinbachian
- Montreal University Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal University Hospital Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Montreal University Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Montreal University Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal University Hospital Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Section of Gastroenterology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Department of Gastroenterology, Veterans Affairs White River Junction, Vermont
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- Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University and McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal University Hospital Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal University Hospital Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal University Hospital Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal University Hospital Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal University Hospital Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Montreal University Hospital Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Montreal University Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal University Hospital Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Wang S, Yang Z, Sha F, Qi X, He Z, Szeto CH, Yang Z, Tang J. Prevalence of incidental colorectal cancer and polyps in autopsies of different populations: a systematic review with meta-regression analysis. Eur J Epidemiol 2023; 38:939-955. [PMID: 37634229 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-023-01041-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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The colorectal cancer (CRC) and polyps incidentally found in autopsies represent the lesions that have not actually caused problems throughout the lifetime and thus may not need to be removed during screening. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of incidental CRC (iCRC) and polyps in autopsies of different populations. A systematic search was performed on 19 August 2022 to identify autopsy studies that provided data on prevalence of iCRC, adenomatous polyps, hyperplastic polyps, and/or all polyps combined. The prevalence was pooled with the random-effects model. Subgroup and multivariable meta-regression analyses were conducted to investigate the heterogeneity. Forty-three eligible studies including 59,656 autopsies were identified, with 94% conducted before 1990 when CRC screening was uncommon or not available. The pooled prevalence was 0.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.3-1.2%) for iCRC, 18.4% (95% CI, 13.3-24.1%) for adenomatous polyps, 16.4% (95% CI, 8.7-25.9%) for hyperplastic polyps, 26.3% (95% CI, 15.4-38.8%) for all polyps combined, and 29.9% (95% CI, 14.8-47.6%) for iCRC plus polyps. The prevalence of iCRC was higher (1.2%) in white-predominant populations but lower (0.4%) after excluding low-quality studies. Multivariable analyses showed that the prevalence of polyps was higher in white-predominant populations and higher-quality studies, increased with age, and showed a downward trend from "before 1975" through "after 1985". In conclusion, the prevalence of iCRC in autopsies was not low, considering the average lifetime risk of CRC, while incidental polyps were common. Both varied greatly in different populations. These findings may have implications when weighing the benefits and harms of screening.
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- Shuting Wang
- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Laboratory of Genetics, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Most patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) were diagnosed in advanced stage and the prognosis is poor. Therefore, early detection and prevention of CRC are very important. As with other cancers, there is also the tertiary prevention for CRC. The primary prevention is etiological prevention, which is mainly the treatment of adenoma or inflammation for preventing the development into cancer. The secondary prevention is the early diagnosis and early treatment for avoiding progressing to advanced cancer. The tertiary prevention belongs to the broad category of prevention, mainly for advanced CRC, through surgical treatment and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy for preventing tumor recurrence or metastasis. This consensus is based on the recent domestic and international consensus guidelines and the latest progress of international researches in the past five years. This consensus opinion seminar was hosted by the Chinese Society of Gastroenterology and Cancer Collaboration Group of Chinese Society of Gastroenterology, and was organized by the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology & Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The consensus opinion contains 60 statement clauses, the standard and basis of the evidence-based medicine grade and voting grade of the statement strictly complied with the relevant international regulations and practice.
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Soons E, Bisseling TM, van der Post RS, Nagtegaal ID, Hazewinkel Y, van Kouwen MCA, Siersema PD. The Workgroup Serrated Polyps and Polyposis (WASP) classification for optical diagnosis of colorectal diminutive polyps with iScan and the impact of the revised World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. United European Gastroenterol J 2021; 9:819-828. [PMID: 34478243 PMCID: PMC8435252 DOI: 10.1002/ueg2.12129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background and aims The Workgroup Serrated Polyps and Polyposis (WASP) developed criteria for optical diagnosis of colorectal polyps. The aims of this study were: (1) to improve optical diagnosis of diminutive colorectal polyps, especially SSLs, after training endoscopists in applying WASP criteria on videos of polyps obtained with iScan and (2) to evaluate if the WASP criteria are still useful when polyps are pathologically revised according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2019 criteria. Methods Twenty‐one endoscopists participated in a training session and predicted polyp histology on 30 videos of diminutive polyps, before and after training (T0 and T1). After three months, they scored another 30 videos (T2). Primary outcome was overall diagnostic accuracy (DA) at T0, T1 and T2. Polyps were histopathologically classified according to the WHO 2010 and 2019 criteria. Results Overall DA (both diminutive adenomas and SSLs) significantly improved from 0.58 (95% CI 0.55–0.62) at T0 to 0.63 (95% CI 0.60–0.66, p = 0.004) at T1. For SSLs, DA did not change with 0.51 (95% CI 0.46–0.56) at T0 and 0.55 (95% CI 0.49–0.60, p = 0.119) at T1. After three months, overall DA was 0.58 (95% CI 0.54–0.62, p = 0.787, relative to T0) while DA for SSLs was 0.48 (95% CI 0.42–0.55, p = 0.520) at T2. After pathological revision according to the WHO 2019 criteria, DA of all polyps significantly changed at all time points. Conclusion A training session in applying WASP criteria on endoscopic videos made with iScan did not improve endoscopists' long‐term ability to optically diagnose diminutive polyps. The change of DA following polyp revision according to the revised WHO 2019 criteria suggests that the WASP classification may need revision.
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- Elsa Soons
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute of Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Tanaka S, Saitoh Y, Matsuda T, Igarashi M, Matsumoto T, Iwao Y, Suzuki Y, Nozaki R, Sugai T, Oka S, Itabashi M, Sugihara KI, Tsuruta O, Hirata I, Nishida H, Miwa H, Enomoto N, Shimosegawa T, Koike K. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for management of colorectal polyps. J Gastroenterol 2021; 56:323-335. [PMID: 33710392 PMCID: PMC8005396 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-021-01776-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE) published ''Daicho Polyp Shinryo Guideline 2014'' in Japanese and a part of this guideline was published in English as "Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for management of colorectal polyps" in the Journal of Gastroenterology in 2015. A revised version of the Japanese-language guideline was published in 2020, and here we introduce a part of the contents of revised version. METHODS The guideline committee discussed and drew up a series of clinical questions (CQs). Recommendation statements for the CQs were limited to items with multiple therapeutic options. Items with established conclusions that had 100% agreement with previous guidelines (background questions) and items with no (or old) evidence that are topics for future research (future research questions: FRQs) were given descriptions only. To address the CQs and FRQs, PubMed, ICHUSHI, and other sources were searched for relevant articles published in English from 1983 to October 2018 and articles published in Japanese from 1983 to November 2018. The Japan Medical Library Association was also commissioned to search for relevant materials. Manual searches were performed for questions with insufficient online references. RESULTS The professional committee created 18 CQs and statements concerning the current concept and diagnosis/treatment of various colorectal polyps, including their epidemiology, screening, pathophysiology, definition and classification, diagnosis, management, practical treatment, complications, and surveillance after treatment, and other colorectal lesions (submucosal tumors, nonneoplastic polyps, polyposis, hereditary tumors, ulcerative colitis-associated tumors/carcinomas). CONCLUSIONS After evaluation by the moderators, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for management of colorectal polyps were proposed for 2020. This report addresses the therapeutic related CQs introduced when formulating these guidelines.
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- Shinji Tanaka
- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan.
- Department of Endoscopy, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Minami-ku, KasumiHiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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- Guidelines Committee for Creating and Evaluating the "Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Colorectal Polyps", the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE), 6F Shimbashi i-MARK Bldg., 2-6-2 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0004, Japan
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Rapid, High-Resolution, Label-Free, and 3-Dimensional Imaging to Differentiate Colorectal Adenomas and Non-Neoplastic Polyps With Micro-Optical Coherence Tomography. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 2020; 10:e00049. [PMID: 31192828 PMCID: PMC6613865 DOI: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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“Resect and discard” paradigm is one of the main strategies to deal with colorectal diminutive polyps after optical diagnosis. However, there are risks that unrecognized potentially malignant lesions are discarded without accurate diagnosis. The purpose of this study is to validate the potential of micro-optical coherence tomography (μOCT) to improve the diagnostic accuracy of colorectal lesions and help endoscopists make better clinical decision without additional pathology costs.
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Li G, Duan X, Lee M, Birla M, Chen J, Oldham KR, Wang TD, Li H. Ultra-Compact Microsystems-Based Confocal Endomicroscope. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2020; 39:2406-2414. [PMID: 32012007 PMCID: PMC7918297 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2020.2971476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Point-of-care medical diagnosis demands immediate feedback on tissue pathology. Confocal endomicroscopy can provide real-time in vivo images with histology-like features. The working channel in medical endoscopes are becoming smaller in dimension. Microsystems methods can produce tiny mechanical scanners. We demonstrate a flexible fiber instrument for in vivo imaging as an endoscope accessory. The optical path is folded on-axis to reduce length while allowing the beam to expand and achieve a numerical aperture of 0.41. A high-speed parametric resonance mirror produces large deflection angles > 13°, and is mounted on a 2 mm diameter chip designed with clamp structures for reduced space. A compact lens assembly provides diffraction-limited lateral and axial resolution of 1.5 and [Formula: see text], respectively. A working distance of [Formula: see text] and field-of-view of [Formula: see text] m are achieved. Miniature apparatus is fabricated to assemble and align the scanhead components. The optics and scanner are packaged in a distal tip with 2.4 mm diameter and 10 mm rigid length. These dimensions allow the endomicroscope to pass forward easily through the 2.8 mm diameter working channel in medical endoscopes commonly used in clinical practice. Fluorescence images are collected in vivo at 10 frames per second in the colon of genetically-engineered mice that spontaneously develop adenomas. A FITC-labeled peptide heterodimer is administered intravenously to provide specific contrast. Sub-cellular structures are visualized to distinguish pre-malignant from normal mucosa. These results demonstrate use of microsystems methods to produce an ultra-compact instrument with sufficiently small dimensions for broad use.
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Chen S, Ge X, Liu X, Ding Q, Wang N, Wang X, Chen S, Liang H, Deng Y, Xiong Q, Ni G, Bo E, Xu C, Yu H, Liu L. Understanding optical reflectance contrast for real-time characterization of epithelial precursor lesions. Bioeng Transl Med 2019; 4:e10137. [PMID: 31572795 PMCID: PMC6764805 DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2019] [Revised: 06/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Detecting early-stage epithelial cancers and their precursor lesions are challenging as lesions could be subtle and focally or heterogeneously distributed over large mucosal areas. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) that enables wide-field imaging of subsurface microstructures in vivo is a promising screening tool for epithelial diseases. However, its diagnostic capability has not been fully appreciated since the optical reflectance contrast is poorly understood. We investigated the back-scattered intensities from clustered or packed nanometer scale intracellular scatterers using finite-difference time-domain method and 1-μm resolution form of OCT, and uncovered that there existed correlations between the reflectance contrasts and the ultrastructural clustering or packing states of these scatterers, which allows us to interpret the physiological state of the cells. Specifically, both polarized goblet cells and foveolar cells exhibited asymmetric reflectance contrast, but they could be differentiated by the optical intensity of the mucin cup due to the different ultrastructural make-ups of the mucin granules; keratinocytes could demonstrate varied cytoplasmic intensity and their cytoplasmic contrast was closely correlated with the packing state of keratin filaments. Further preliminary study demonstrated that these new understandings of OCT image contrast enables the characterization of precancerous lesions, which could complement the current morphology-based criteria in realizing "virtual histology" and would have a profound impact for the screening and surveillance of epithelial cancers.
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- Si Chen
- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- Department of GastroenterologyRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- Department of GastroenterologyRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic InformationUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengduChina
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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- Department of GastroenterologyRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingaporeSingapore
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CLINICAL PROBLEM Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Most colorectal cancers derive from benign precursor lesions, so-called adenomatous polyps, over a long period of time. Colorectal cancer screening is based on the detection of precancerous polyps and early stage CRC in asymptomatic individuals to reduce CRC incidence and mortality. The protective effect of screening programs can be improved by increasing the screening rates. PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS Apart from the established examinations, CT colonography (CTC) has been proposed as an optional test for colorectal cancer screening. The detection rates of CTC for large polyps and cancer are similar to the ones of colonoscopy and superior to stool-based tests. CTC is therefore the radiological test of choice for the detection of colorectal neoplasia. It has replaced double contrast barium enema for almost all indications. As a minimally invasive procedure, CTC has a high safety profile and good patient acceptance. The evaluation of extracolonic organs in addition to the colon can increase examination efficacy. The option to choose CTC as a CRC screening test has the potential to increase the overall screening rates.
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Chien NH, Ni MH, Huang SH, Lee CL, Lee HC, Hu JT, Lai YC, Hung CS, Chiang CK, Shen MH, Tu TC, Chen HY, Huang TC. Cold snare polypectomy vs cold forceps biopsy in endoscopic treatment of colonic small and diminutive polyps-Effectiveness and safety in the real world. ADVANCES IN DIGESTIVE MEDICINE 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/aid2.13093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Nai-Hsuan Chien
- Department of Digestive Medicine; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
- Department of Gastroenterology; Sijhih Cathay General Hospital; New Taipei City Taiwan
- School of Medicine; Fu-Jen Catholic University; New Taipei City Taiwan
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- Department of Digestive Medicine; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Digestive Medicine; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine; Taipei Medical University; Taipei Taiwan
- School of Medicine; Fu-Jen Catholic University; New Taipei City Taiwan
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
- School of Medicine; Fu-Jen Catholic University; New Taipei City Taiwan
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- Department of Digestive Medicine; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
- School of Medicine; Fu-Jen Catholic University; New Taipei City Taiwan
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- Department of Digestive Medicine; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Digestive Medicine; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
- School of Medicine; Fu-Jen Catholic University; New Taipei City Taiwan
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- Department of Digestive Medicine; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Digestive Medicine; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine; Taipei Medical University; Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Digestive Medicine; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
- School of Medicine; Fu-Jen Catholic University; New Taipei City Taiwan
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- Department of Digestive Medicine; Cathay General Hospital; Taipei Taiwan
- School of Medicine; Fu-Jen Catholic University; New Taipei City Taiwan
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Renner J, Phlipsen H, Haller B, Navarro-Avila F, Saint-Hill-Febles Y, Mateus D, Ponchon T, Poszler A, Abdelhafez M, Schmid RM, von Delius S, Klare P. Optical classification of neoplastic colorectal polyps - a computer-assisted approach (the COACH study). Scand J Gastroenterol 2018; 53:1100-1106. [PMID: 30270677 DOI: 10.1080/00365521.2018.1501092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Clinical data suggest that the quality of optical diagnoses of colorectal polyps differs markedly among endoscopists. The aim of this study was to develop a computer program that was able to differentiate neoplastic from non-neoplastic polyps using unmagnified endoscopic pictures. METHODS During colonoscopy procedures polyp photographies were performed using the unmagnified high-definition white light and narrow band image mode. All detected polyps (n = 275) were resected and sent to pathology. Histopathological diagnoses served as the ground truth. Machine learning was used in order to generate a computer-assisted optical biopsy (CAOB) approach. In the test phase pictures were presented to CAOB in order to obtain optical diagnoses. Altogether 788 pictures were available (602 for training the machine learning algorithm and 186 for CAOB testing). All test pictures were also presented to two experts in optical polyp characterization. The primary endpoint of the study was the accuracy of CAOB diagnoses in the test phase. RESULTS A total of 100 polyps (of these 52% neoplastic) were used in the CAOB test phase. The mean size of test polyps was 4 mm. Accuracy of the CAOB approach was 78.0%. Sensitivity and negative predictive value were 92.3% and 88.2%, respectively. Accuracy obtained by two expert endoscopists was 84.0% and 77.0%. Regarding accuracy of optical diagnoses CAOB predictions did not differ significantly compared to experts (p = .307 and p = 1.000, respectively). CONCLUSIONS CAOB showed good accuracy on the basis of unmagnified endoscopic pictures. Performance of CAOB predictions did not differ significantly from experts' decisions. The concept of computer assistance for colorectal polyp characterization needs to evolve towards a real-time application prior of being used in a broader set-up.
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- Janis Renner
- a II. Medizinische Klinik , Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- a II. Medizinische Klinik , Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- b Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Statistik und Epidemiologie , Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- c Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP) , Technische Universität München , Garching , Germany
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- c Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP) , Technische Universität München , Garching , Germany
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- c Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP) , Technische Universität München , Garching , Germany
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- d Department of Endoscopy and Gastroenterology , Pavillon L, Edouard Herriot Hospital , Lyon , France
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- a II. Medizinische Klinik , Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- a II. Medizinische Klinik , Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- a II. Medizinische Klinik , Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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- e Medizinische Klinik II, RoMed Klinikum Rosenheim , Rosenheim , Germany
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- a II. Medizinische Klinik , Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München , Munich , Germany
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Wang W, Xu L, Bao Z, Sun L, Hu C, Zhou F, Xu L, Shi D. Differences with experienced nurse assistance during colonoscopy in detecting polyp and adenoma: a randomized clinical trial. Int J Colorectal Dis 2018. [PMID: 29541895 DOI: 10.1007/s00384-018-3003-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study aims to evaluate whether the participation of an experienced endoscopy nurse in colonoscopy increases the polyp detection rate (PDR) and adenoma detection rate (ADR) of experienced colonoscopists. METHODS This study was a randomized controlled trial. Patients were randomly assigned to the experienced colonoscopist alone (single observer) group, or experienced nurse participation (dual observer) group. The primary outcome was the PDR and ADR. The advanced lesion detection rate was also recorded. RESULTS A total of 587 patients were included in the analysis. Among these patients, 291 patients were assigned to the single observer group, while 296 patients were assigned to the dual observer group. The PDR was 33% in the single observer group and 41.9% in the dual observer group (P = 0.026), while the ADR was 23.0% in the single observer group and 30.4% in the dual observer group (P = 0.043). No significant difference was found for advanced lesions between groups. CONCLUSIONS The present data demonstrated that experienced nurse observation during colonoscopy can improve polyp and adenoma detection rates, even if the colonoscopist is experienced. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinicaltrials.gov No. NCT02292563. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=&term=NCT02292563&cntry=&state=&city=&dist=.
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- Weihong Wang
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- College of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo, China.
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Allen JE, Sharma P. Polyp characterization at colonoscopy: Clinical implications. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2017; 31:435-440. [PMID: 28842053 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2017.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Although advancements in endoscopic imaging of colorectal mucosa have outstripped the pace of research in the field, the potential clinical applications of these novel technologies are promising. Chief among these is the ability to diagnose colorectal polyps in vivo. This feature appears most applicable to diminuitive polyps, which have very little malignant potential yet represent over 70% of resected polyps. In an ideal application, the capability to predict diminutive hyperplastic polyp histology in vivo precludes the need for excision whereas dimunitive adenomas do require excision, but not necessarily histopathologic analysis if the diagnosis is made in vivo with adequate confidence. However, the vast array of new advanced imaging modalities and polyp classification tools have been difficult to reconcile. We aim to highlight the current status of real-time colorectal polyp diagnosis and identify the barriers that remain to its widespread implementation.
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- James E Allen
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, USA.
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