PiCaSSO: a predictive score for endoscopic findings in ulcerative colitis that sounds like art but is all science

Treatment goals in inflammatory bowel disease are in the process of a profound transformation. Clinical measures defined by patient symptoms and noninvasive testing, although useful in practice, are inadequate for monitoring response to therapy and likelihood of relapse. Mucosal healing is fast becoming the ultimate treatment goal in inflammatory bowel disease and is now an accepted outcome measure for clinical trials because it leads to better patient outcomes.1 Mucosal healing in Crohn's disease, as defined by the absence of mucosal erosion and ulceration, did lead to durable clinical remission but did not show lower rates of surgery.

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