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Cancer of the gastrointestinal tract
The American Journal of Digestive Diseases, 1959There has been in the past quarter-century a definite, though perhaps not spectacular, improvement in the outlook for the patient with gastrointestinal tract cancer. Cancer of the esophagus, particularly of the lower third, is no longer universally fatal. Cancer of the stomach, colon, and rectum also have an improved outlook.
H W, SOUTHWICK, W H, COLE
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Hereditary gastrointestinal cancer
Surgery Today, 2015Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer, including gastric and colorectal cancer, is a major cause of death worldwide. A substantial proportion of patients with GI cancer have a familial history, and several causative genes have been identified. Gene carriers with these hereditary GI syndromes often harbor several kinds of cancer at an early age, and genetic ...
Keisuke, Hata +20 more
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Gastrointestinal Cancer in the Elderly
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1997Tumors in the gastrointestinal system are a significant health problem for older adults. If diagnosed at an early stage, many patients are curable. At advanced stages, however, only palliative therapy can be offered. Adjuvant therapy is beneficial only in colorectal carcinoma and a small number of highly selected patients.
S M, Lichtman, R L, Bayer
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Aspirin and Gastrointestinal Cancer
1997In rodents, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) including aspirin inhibit chemically induced adenomas and early carcinomas of the colon. The NSAID Sulindac inhibits the growth of polyps of the colon and rectum in two randomized trials of patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), although the inhibition is not complete.
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Alcohol and gastrointestinal cancers
Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2019Alcohol is a type I carcinogen and the WHO stated that it caused 5% of all deaths in 2016, of which 13% because of cancers. Among digestive tract cancers, this association is clear for esophageal, liver and colorectal cancer, and more debated for gastric and pancreatic cancer.
Vanella G. +3 more
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Mucins in gastrointestinal cancers
2003The mucin family has been under study by molecular biologists, biochemists, pathologists and immunologists interested in cancer because of the role these molecules can play in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Immense knowledge has been accumulated, but the high speed of progress in the laboratory has not been matched by the progress towards ...
Michael S, Turner +4 more
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Gastrointestinal Cancer in the Elderly
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1999Gastrointestinal cancer is a commonly encountered problem in the elderly. Screening for colorectal cancer is cost effective and is increasingly important in this population because incidence rises rapidly in the seventh and eighth decades of life. Surgery remains by far the most important curative option and may be appropriate even at an advanced age ...
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Chemotherapy of Gastrointestinal Cancer
Clinics in Gastroenterology, 1976IN this country, and, indeed, the world over, gastrointestinal cancer causes more deaths than cancer taking origin in any other organ system.
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Disparities in gastrointestinal cancers
Journal of the National Medical Association, 2023Lauren, Chiec, Al B, Benson
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Gastrointestinal Ulcers and Cancer
Postgraduate Medicine, 1968Only two of the ulcerative diseases of the gastrointestinal tract—gastric ulcer and ulcerative colitis—are forerunners of cancer, and evidence is tenuous in gastric ulcer, Statistics indicate that only 1 percent of patients with chronic gastric ulcer but 3 to 6 percent of patients with ulcerative colitis may eventually have carcinoma.
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