Does smoking influence the risk of pouchitis following ileal pouch anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis?
Smoking does not decrease the risk of pouchitis following IPAA for UC, and in this respect the pathogenetic model of pouchitis, suggested to be a manifestation of UC, is not supported.
Sox3 might play a positive role in tumor development and could serve as an independent predictor of poor prognosis for ESCC.