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Pilot trial of remote monitoring to prevent malnutrition after hepatopancreatobiliary surgery
BMC Nutrition, 2021 Background Patients undergoing hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery, such patients with pancreatic, periampullary, and liver cancer, are at high risk for malnutrition. Malnutrition increases surgical complications and reduces overall survival.
Kelvin Allenson +20 more
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Micronutrients in gastrointestinal cancer [PDF]
British Journal of Cancer, 1993 The monitoring of micronutrients and the relationship between dietary intake and micronutrient status prior to and after surgery in patients with histologically proven gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma, both weight-stable and weight-losing (> 7.5% of their pre-illness weight) has been studied and the results compared to controls. Plasma vitamin C and red
S N, Georgiannos +2 more
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BMC Surgery, 2020 Background Cancer cells are often found postoperatively at surgical resection margins (RM) in patients with gastric cancer because of submucosal infiltration or hesitation to secure adequate RM.
Yuta Kumazu +13 more
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BMC Cancer, 2018 Background Standard treatment for unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) without distant metastasis is definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT), in which the incidence of esophageal fistula (EF) is reported to be 10–12%.
Takeshi Kawakami +14 more
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Microbiota and gastrointestinal cancer
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2019 Gut microbiota plays important roles in many diseases, including cancer. It may promote carcinogenesis by inducing oxidative stress, genotoxicity, host immune response disturbance, and chronic inflammation. Colorectal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, and gastric cancer are the major gastrointestinal tract cancers in Taiwan.
Meng-Tzu Weng +5 more
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BMC Surgery, 2022 Background Patients with giant ovarian tumor often have severe symptoms, such as abdominal distention, and the tumor tends to grow rapidly; therefore, sufficient preoperative assessments are difficult to perform.
Yoshiaki Maeda +4 more
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Persistence of anticancer activity in berry extracts after simulated gastrointestinal digestion and colonic fermentation [PDF]
, 2012 Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated at the population level with a protective effect against colorectal cancer. Phenolic compounds, especially abundant in berries, are of interest due to their putative anticancer activity.
Allsopp Philip +51 more
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A Western single-center experience with endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastrointestinal cancers [PDF]
, 2010 06/03/14 meb. Accepted author manuscript, OK to add.Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) has gained worldwide acceptance as a treatment for Early Gastrointestinal Cancers (EGICs).
Coda, Sergio +20 more
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Chronology of gastrointestinal cancer [PDF]
Surgery Today, 2017 The "chronology of cancer" is a concept that describes the nature of cancers through the measure of time. The field extends from carcinogenesis to development, progression, and metastasis. Carcinogenesis is a multi-step process, which results from the accumulation of multiple genetic or epigenetic alterations.
Murakami, Kentaro, Matsubara, Hisahiro
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The Treatment of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Practice Guideline
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2003 BACKGROUND: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth most common cause of adult cancer death. About 50% of patients present with metastatic disease, 20% with resectable disease and the remaining 30% of patients are diagnosed with incurable, locally ...
Craig C Earle +4 more
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