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Uncertainties in the Management of a Lynch Syndrome Patient: A Case Report

GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017
Introduction: Lynch syndrome (LS), the most common hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome, is characterized by mutations in mismatch repair (MMR) genes leading to an increased cancer risk, namely colorectal cancer.
Sara Campos, Pedro Amaro, Inês Cunha, João Fraga, Maria Augusta Cipriano, Luís Tomé   +5 more
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Dietary habits and obesity indices in patients with gastro-esophageal reflux disease: a comparative cross-sectional study

BMC Gastroenterology, 2017
Background Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is suggested to be associated with some socio-demographic and lifestyle factors. Although the roles of some factors such as obesity are well documented, evidence on the impact of other factors such as ...
Omid Eslami, Mansour Shahraki, Ali Bahari, Touran Shahraki   +3 more
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Evaluation of scoring systems without endoscopic findings for predicting outcomes in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding

BMC Gastroenterology, 2017
Background Risk scoring systems are used to evaluate patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). We compared Glasgow-Blatchford score (GBS), modified GBS (mGBS), and Pre-endoscopy Rockall score (Pre-E RS) for immediate application without ...
Il-Gyu Ko, Sung-Eun Kim, Bok Soon Chang, Min Seob Kwak, Jin Young Yoon, Jae Myung Cha, Hyun Phil Shin, Joung Il Lee, Sang Hyun Kim, Jin Hee Han, Jung Won Jeon   +10 more
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Pre-treatment alphafeto protein in hepatocellular carcinoma with non-viral aetiology – a prospective study

BMC Gastroenterology, 2017
Background Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The significance of pre-treatment AFP (pt-AFP) in non-viral HCC (nvHCC) is not clear.
Siriwardana Rohan Chaminda, Thilakarathne Suchintha, Niriella Madunil Anuk, Dassanayake Anuradha Supun, Gunathilake Mahen Bhagya, Liyanage Chandika Anuruddha Habarakada, De Silva Hithadurage Janaka   +6 more
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Gall bladder wall thickening as non-invasive screening parameter for esophageal varices – a comparative endoscopic – sonographic study

BMC Gastroenterology, 2018
Background The mortality due to hemorrhage of esophageal varices (EV) is still high. The predominant cause for EV is liver cirrhosis, which has a high prevalence in Western Europe.
Birgit Tsaknakis, Rawan Masri, Ahmad Amanzada, Golo Petzold, Volker Ellenrieder, Albrecht Neesse, Steffen Kunsch   +6 more
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Rapid identification of capsular serotype K1/K2 Klebsiella pneumoniae in pus samples from liver abscess patients and positive blood culture samples from bacteremia cases via an immunochromatographic strip assay

Gut Pathogens, 2019
Background In Asia, serotype K1/K2 Klebsiella pneumoniae are the major capsular serotypes that cause liver abscess or bacteremia in patients. The purpose of this study was to compare novel immunochromatographic strips (ICSs), which can rapidly detect K ...
Ching-Hsun Wang, Po-Liang Lu, Esther Yip-Mei Liu, Yih-Yuan Chen, Fu-Mei Lin, Yi-Tsung Lin, Feng-Yee Chang, Jung-Chung Lin   +7 more
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Prolonged efficacy of pembrolizumab in a patient presenting a multi-treated metastatic hepatocholangiocarcinoma

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, 2020
Introduction: Hepatocholangiocarcinoma (HCC-ICC) is a rare tumor presenting the histologic characteristics of both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC).
Angélique Saint, Maxime Benchetrit, Sébastien Novellas, Denis Ouzan, Alexander Tuan Falk, Axel Leysalle, Jérome Barriere   +6 more
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Specialized clinical cytology may improve the results of EUS (endoscopic ultrasound)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) from pancreatic tumors

Endoscopy International Open, 2015
Background and study aims: A variety of factors (needle type, needle passes, tumor location, cytological assessment, etc.) may influence the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (EUS-FNAC) from pancreatic ...
Arne R. Schneider, Andreas Nerlich, Theodoros Topalidis, Wolfgang Schepp   +3 more
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Bcl-2 expression in rectal cancer Expressão da proteína bcl-2 no câncer de reto

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2006
BACKGROUD: Proteins involved in apoptosis process seem to play an important role in colorectal carcinogenesis AIM: To determine the prevalence of bcl-2 protein immunohistochemical expression and its relation with clinical and histopathological variables ...
Paulo C. Contu, Simone S. Contu, Luis F. Moreira   +2 more
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Helicobacter pylori infection induced gastric cancer; advance in gastric stem cell research and the remaining challenges

Gut Pathogens, 2012
Helicobacter pylori infection is the major cause of gastric cancer, which remains an important health care challenge. Recent investigation in gastric stem cell or progenitor cell biology has uncovered valuable information in understanding the gastric ...
Ding Song-Ze, Zheng Peng-Yuan
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