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RDW as a Surrogate Marker for Active Crohns Disease: Potential Utility
Cravo,Marilia
New Trends in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Palmela,Carolina; Torres,Joana; Cravo,MariliaInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic idiopathic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. In the past decade a shift in the treatment paradigm of IBD has ensued. The availability of drugs capable of inducing mucosal healing, combined with the recognition that IBD is not an intermittent disease, but rather a progressive one causing bowel damage and disability, led us to a more stringent s...
Management of rectal cancer: Times they are changing
Cravo,Marilia; Rodrigues,Tania; Ouro,Susana; Ferreira,Ana; Féria,Luis; Maio,RuiApproximately one third of all colorectal malignancies are located in the rectum. It as long been recognized that rectal cancers behave differently from colonic tumors, namely in terms of local recurrence. For this reason, specific protocols have been developed to manage this disease both in staging procedures as well as in neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemoradiation treatments. Magnetic resonance imaging is now ob...
Portuguese consensus on the best practice for the management of inflammatory bo...
Magro,Fernando; Cravo,Marilia; Lago,Paula; Ministro,Paula; Peixe,Paula; Portela,Francisco; Ramos,Jaime; Tavares,LourdesIntroduction: The treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has focussed on the management of symptoms but is becoming more resolute on changing the course of the disease and its complications in the long-term. In order to minimize the development of complications and to improve outcomes for these patients it is important to develop other strategies to manage IBD and to optimize current clinical practice. O...