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Is it safe to raise the age threshold for urgent endoscopy in patients with uncomplicated dyspepsia?

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boxed-textPhull PS et al. (2006) Age threshold for endoscopy and risk of missing upper gastrointestinal malignancy—data from the Scottish audit of gastric and oesophageal cancer. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 23: 229–233

The age threshold for endoscopy in patients with dyspepsia without alarm features should be raised to 55 years

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Gillen, D., McColl, K. Is it safe to raise the age threshold for urgent endoscopy in patients with uncomplicated dyspepsia?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 3, 424–425 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0560

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