June 2015 Vedolizumab (Entyvio) is recommended by NICE as a possible treatment for adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. People should be able to have the treatment until it stops working or surgery is needed. Their condition should be […]
February 2015 Infliximab, adalimumab and golimumab for treating moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis after the failure of conventional therapy (including a review of TA140 and TA262) Infliximab (also known as Remicade, Inflectra or Remsima), adalimumab (Humira) and golimumab (Simponi) […]
Misc authors July 2014 A new report from Jervoise Andreyev and his team at the Marsden was published as an open access article in Frontline Gastroenterology and can be found via the link below. Macmillan funded the design and print […]
Author Mark Wilkinson, (BSG Endoscopy, working party convenor and chairman) et al. June 2014 Executive Summary To improve the quality and availability of ERCP in the UK, a working party was set up incorporating a number of stakeholders (Appendix 3) to […]
Faecal calprotectin testing is recommended as an option to support clinicians with the differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in adults with recent onset lower gastrointestinal symptoms for whom specialist assessment is being considered, […]
Authors Adam Harris Chair, BSG Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) – April 2013 In 2011 the Independent Practice Committee of the BSG was asked to provide approved guidance on the indications for diagnostic endoscopy. There was none although it […]
The number of patients with chronic gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms after cancer therapies which have a moderate or severe impact on quality of life is similar to the number diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease annually. However, in contrast to patients with […]