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Despite a powerful rationale and the commitment of resources to promote colorectal cancer screening by multiple governmental and non-governmental...

Definitions Acute pancreatitis is defined as typical pancreatic abdominal pain (mid-epigastric with radiation to the back) persisting for several...

Acute relapsing pancreatitis (ARP) represents a challenging clinical problem in the field of hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders. It is associated...

Historically, survival at five years for stage III (node-positive) cancer has been between 30% and 60% and for stage IV (metastatic) cancer less than...

The prognosis for patients with malignancies of the lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract is strictly dependent on early detection of pre-malignant and...

Laparoscopic surgery is continuing to gain in popularity for a variety of abdominal and pelvic operations. Minimally invasive surgical techniques...

PreventionIn prospective studies, a carcinogenetic role has been confirmed for only a minority of environmental factors despite previous evidence...

The consensus conference statements recommend liver biopsy in the management of almost all patients with the most frequent chronic liver diseases:...

Twenty years ago, a typical GI practice consisted of one or more physicians, a receptionist who greeted patients and made appointments, a biller who...

Despite the huge wealth of knowledge on which they are based, guidelines often fail to influence healthcare in the parts of the world where they are...

"Many people have a false sense of security about these herbal products because they are seen as 'natural,'" said Arshad Jahangir, M.D.,...

The fact that bowel cancer has a recognizable premalignant phase, and that early cancer itself may be cured by surgery, implies that the condition...

Why Make a Fuss About Nutrition Today? Several factors conspire to make it imperative for adult gastroenterologists to learn to imitate their...

Introduction In the current era of minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the gold standard for the surgical treatment...

What Is the Sensitivity/Specificity of Computed Tomographic Colonography Compared with Optical Imaging? Clearly the data have been variable. Computed...

From its introduction by David Vining in 1994,6 virtual colonoscopy or computed tomography (CT) colonography was almost immediately proposed as a...

Highly prevalent in the US population, Barrett’s esophagus (BE), is felt to be a consequence of chronic reflux disease and is a precursor of...

The detection and characterisation of focal liver lesions by conventional B-mode ultrasound is sufficient in typical cases, i.e. liver cysts and...

What Is Virtual Colonoscopy? VC is a minimally invasive imaging modality for the evaluation of the colon based on volumetric, thin-collimation CT...