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How to diagnose and treat Gardner syndrome with gastric polyposis

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May 20, 2008
        
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A team led by Dr. Shi-Lin Wang from the General Hospital of Airforce PLA has reported a case of a patient with Gardner syndrome (GS) who presented with gastric polyposis. The patient was successively treated with restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (RPC/IPAA) and... [read full story]                    

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In Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease, Is Extra-Corporal Liver Support With Prometheus Safe?

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Patients with end-stage liver disease would benefit from liver supportive liver therapy while waiting for stabilization of hepatic functions or to enable bridging to liver transplantation. Albumin dialysis improves patients' general condition, including cardiovascular and renal function as well...

How Does CO2 Insufflation Pressure Affect Proliferation And Improve Apoptosis?

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May 22, 2008
        

Under 10 mmHg CO2 pressure, there were no obvious effects on MKN-45 cells' proliferation and apoptosis. At 15 mmHg CO2 insufflation pressure, cells proliferation was inhibited and apoptosis improved. It may be that CO2 gas affected the growth of gastric cancer cells.This study was performed by a...

How To Increase The Chances Of Pakistani Patients With HCV Remaining Virus Free?

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May 22, 2008
        

Hepatitis C is a health care problem all over the world, with 130 million patients infected the world over. The first land mark in treatment is the virus clearance at the end of the treatment called End Treatment Response (ETR), but many of the patients achieving the ETR have a relapse within the...

                   

How To Diagnose And Treat Gardner Syndrome With Gastric Polyposis

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May 22, 2008
        

Gardner syndrome (GS) is a rare, autosomal, dominant inherited disorder with a high degree of penetrance characterized by the triad: intestinal polyposis and various bone and soft-tissue tumors. It is regarded as a clinical subgroup of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP).This case, reported by a...

New Prognostic Markers For Gastric Cancer Patients

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May 21, 2008
        

In standard clinical settings, DNA microarrays are currently unsuitable for routine use. Prognostic classification on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues is required. In this study, we looked for new molecular markers for identifying the prognosis of gastric cancer patients.

                   

Improved Treatment For Patients With Portal Hypertension

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May 21, 2008
        

Bleeding from ruptured esophageal varices is the main complication of portal hypertension and a major cause of death. This study, performed by a team lead by Professor Binay K. De, is described in a research article published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology. Reference: De BK, Dutta D,...

                   

The Features Of Chinese Patients With Reflux Esophagitis

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May 21, 2008
        

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is described as the chronic symptoms and/or tissue damage caused by the reflux of abnormal gastric contents to the esophagus. GERD is a common disease, with associated typical symptoms of heartburn and regurgitation.

                   

A New Change In The Chromosome Of Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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May 21, 2008
        

Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis provides comprehensive information about relative chromosomal losses and gains in malignant tumors in vitro. Using the CGH technique, chromosomal aberrations in both the primary tumor and its metastatic lymph nodes was detected in patients with...

                   

A potential route for human tumor gene therapy

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May 20, 2008
        

A team led by Dr. Hai-Feng Liu from the General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces has determined that the NHE1 antisense gene could significantly restrain the malignant behavior of human gastric carcinoma cells, significantly suppress cell growth and induce cell apoptosis and...

Which is accurate, CT or MRI?

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May 20, 2008
        

A team led by Dr. Mi-Suk Park and Young Chul Kim from the Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, has determined that the accuracy of CT and MRI were comparable for the evaluation of paraaortic nodes in patients with pancreatico-biliary cancer.

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