Annals of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Issue 91, January 15, 2011
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- METASTATIC HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA: -Survival in patients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after primary hepatectomy: Comparative effectiveness of treatment modalities
BACKGROUND Insufficient data are available on the survival of recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after primary hepatectomy in patients receiving different treatments. We evaluated ...
- FULL TEXT: -GASTROENTEROLOGY: -Low-radiation-dose modified small bowel CT for evaluation of recurrent Crohn's disease
ABSTRACT Crohn's disease affects any part of the GI tract, commonly the terminal ileum. To decrease radiation exposure we developed a low-radiation-dose unenhanced CT (modified small Bowel ...
- FULL TEXT: -GASTROENTEROLOGY: -CAPSULE RETENTIONS AND INCOMPLETE CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY: -Capsule retentions and incomplete capsule endoscopy examinations: an analysis of 2300 examinations
ABSTRACT Aim. To evaluate capsule endoscopy in terms of incomplete examinations and capsule retentions and to find risk factors for these events. Material and Methods. This ...
- HEPATOLOGY: -Regression of established hepatocellular carcinoma is induced by chemoimmunotherapy in an orthotopic murine model
Regression of established hepatocellular carcinoma is induced by chemoimmunotherapy in an orthotopic murine model†‡ Abstract Top of page Abstract Materials and ...
- GASTROENTEROLOGY: -DENTRITICS CELLS AGAINST ACUTE & PANCREATITIS: -Dendritic cells protect against acute pancreatitis
Researchers identify new therapeutic target for pancreas' dangerous, sudden swelling and inflammation NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have discovered the novel protective role ...
- GASTROENTEROLOGY: -As probiotics use grows for gut health, VSL#3 has designations for specific GI issues
VSL#3, classified as medical food, is designated for the dietary management of UC, ileal pouch and IBS GAITHERSBERG, MD, Nov. 18 – As clinical studies continue to validate the use of ...
- EARLY LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: -Early liver transplantation for severe alcoholic hepatitis
Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease has a favorable outcome but remains controversial.1,2 Reluctance to perform transplantation in patients with alcoholism is often based on the ...
- BARRET's ESOPHAGUS: -The problems with surveillance of barrett's esophagus
In patients with Barrett's esophagus, the native squamous epithelium of the esophagus is replaced by metaplastic columnar epithelium that is subject to dysplasia and mutation into esophageal ...
- BARRET's ESOPHAGUS -Incidence of adenocarcinoma among patients with barrett's esophagus
Barrett's esophagus, defined as intestinal metaplasia in the distal esophagus, is considered to be a complication of gastroesophageal reflux disease and a precursor lesion in most cases of ...
- BIOMEDICAL OPTICAL RESEARCH: -Near-infrared imaging system shows promise as future pancreatic cancer diagnostic tool
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17- A team of researchers from four Boston-area institutions led by Nicusor Iftimia from Physical Sciences, Inc. has demonstrated for the first time that optical coherence ...
- A NEW PROTEIN-(NAMED) PINKBAR & NEURO-IMMUNOBIOLOGY & INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY: -Mechanism of sculpting the plasma membrane of intestinal cells identified
The research group of Professor Pekka Lappalainen at the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, has identified a previously unknown mechanism which modifies the structure of plasma ...
