Tumor stem cell, or its niche, which plays a primary role in tumorigenesis?

abstract：:In an effort to minimize the limitations of laparoscopy, a robotic surgery system was introduced, but its role for gastric cancer is still unclear. The objective of this article is to assess the current status of robotic surgery for gastric cancer and to predict future prospects. Although the current study was limited...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Baek SJ,Lee DW,Park SS,Kim SH

更新日期：2011-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Biliary tract carcinomas are relatively rare, representing less than 1% of cancers. However, their incidence has increased in Japan and in industrialized countries like the USA. Biliary tract tumors have a poor prognosis and a high mortality rate because they are usually detected late in the course of the disease; the...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Malaguarnera G,Giordano M,Paladina I,Rando A,Uccello M,Basile F,Biondi A,Carnazzo S,Alessandria I,Mazzarino C

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS) is a surgical technique that combines laparoscopic partial gastrectomy and endoscopic submucosal dissection. LECS requires close collaboration between skilled laparoscopic surgeons and experienced endoscopists. For successful LECS, experience alone is not sufficie...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Aisu Y,Yasukawa D,Kimura Y,Hori T

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports in the field of robotic surgery for rectal cancer are increasing year by year. However, most of these studies enroll patients at a relatively early stage and have small sample sizes. In fact, studies only on patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) and with relatively large sample sizes ar...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Ye SP,Zhu WQ,Liu DN,Lei X,Jiang QG,Hu HM,Tang B,He PH,Gao GM,Tang HC,Shi J,Li TY

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumo-computed tomography (PnCT) is a technique primarily developed and used to study stenotic lesions of the esophagus, gastroesophageal junction and stomach for pre-surgical planning. It helps to define both upper and lower borders of neoplasms located in the aforementioned areas. It achieves maximum lumen distensi...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Ulla M,Gentile E,Yeyati EL,Diez ML,Cavadas D,Garcia-Monaco RD,Ros PR

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pathological manifestations of hepatic tumours are often associated with prognosis. Although surgical specimens (SS) can provide more information, currently, pre-treatment needle core biopsy (NCB) is increasingly showing important value in understanding the nature of liver tumors and even in diagnosis and tr...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Wu JS,Feng JL,Zhu RD,Liu SG,Zhao DW,Li N

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brain metastasis (BM) from colorectal cancer (CRC) is rarely encountered clinically, and its prognosis has not been fully evaluated. AIM:To construct a scoring system and accurately predict the survival of patients with synchronous BM at diagnosis of CRC. METHODS:A retrospective study of 371 patients with ...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Quan JC,Guan X,Ma CX,Liu Z,Yang M,Zhao ZX,Sun P,Zhuang M,Wang S,Jiang Z,Wang XS

更新日期：2020-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary non-Hodgkin lymphomas in the esophagus are rare. Tracheoesophageal fistulas mainly arise from solid esophageal carcinoma or mediastinal malignancies. Our patient presented with cough, dysphagia and weight loss, and upon initial computed tomography imaging and esophagogastroduodenoscopy, a malignant mass in the...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Teerakanok J,DeWitt JP,Juarez E,Thein KZ,Warraich I

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been applied worldwide to improve the survival of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC). The evaluation of histological regression in primary tumors is valuable for predicting prognosis. However, the prognostic effect of regression change in lymph nodes (LNs) remains unclear...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Zhu YL,Sun YK,Xue XM,Yue JY,Yang L,Xue LY

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify genetic polymorphisms in the promoter region of the human base excision repair gene NEIL1 in gastric cancer patients. METHODS:The NEIL1 promoter region in DNA from 80 Japanese patients with gastric cancer was searched for genetic polymorphisms by polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation pol...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Goto M,Shinmura K,Tao H,Tsugane S,Sugimura H

更新日期：2010-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. The cornerstone to improving the prognosis of HCC patients has been the control of loco-regional disease progression and the lesser toxicities of local treatment. Although radiotherapy has not...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Hsu CY,Wang CW,Cheng AL,Kuo SH

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Digestive endoscopy is currently the main diagnostic procedure for investigation of the digestive tract when a digestive disease is suspected. The use of computers and electronic medical records for the management of endoscopic data are an important key to improving endoscopy unit efficiency and productivity. This tec...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Maserat E,Safdari R,Maserat E,Zali MR

更新日期：2012-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN), also known as Gruber-Frantz tumor, is a rare form of neoplasm that almost exclusively occurs in the pancreas and in young females. While the potential of malignancy is low for SPN, these tumors can mimic other diseases and require a meticulous investigation and a standard treatmen...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Wu H,Huang YF,Liu XH,Xu MH

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly malignant tumor and extrahepatic metastasis is not rare. The most common organ of HCC metastasis is lung, followed by bone and adrenal gland. To the best of our knowledge, isolated pancreatic metastasis of HCC that developed after curative resection has not been described pre...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Woo SM,Park JW,Han SS,Choi JI,Lee WJ,Park SJ,Hong EK,Kim CM

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard pancreatic resections, such as pancreaticoduodenectomy, distal pancreatectomy, or total pancreatectomy, result in an important loss of normal pancreatic parenchyma and may cause impairment of exocrine and endocrine function. Whilst these procedures are mandatory for malignant tumors, they seem to be too exten...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Sperti C,Beltrame V,Milanetto AC,Moro M,Pedrazzoli S

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the practice of Egyptian physicians in screening patients for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:The study included 154 physicians from all over Egypt caring for patients at risk for HCC. The study was based on a questionnaire with 20 items. Each questionnaire consisted of two parts: (1) personal in...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Hassany SM,Moustafa EF,Taher ME,Abdeltwab AA,Blum HE

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic surgery for malignancy is recognized as challenging for the surgeons and risky for the patients due to consistent perioperative morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, the oncological long-term results are largely disappointing, even for those patients who experience an uneventfully hospital stay. Nevertheles...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Bencini L,Annecchiarico M,Farsi M,Bartolini I,Mirasolo V,Guerra F,Coratti A

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophagectomy is a pivotal curative modality for localized esophageal or esophagogastric junction cancer (EC or EJC). Postoperative anastomotic leakage (AL) remains problematic. The use of fibrin sealant (FS) may improve the strength of esophageal anastomosis and reduce the incidence of AL. AIM:To assess th...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Lin YB,Fu JH,Huang Y,Hu YH,Luo KJ,Wang KX,Bella AÉ,Situ DR,Chen JY,Lin T,D'Journo XB,Novoa NM,Brunelli A,Fernando HC,Cerfolio RJ,Ismail M,Yang H,AME Thoracic Surgery Collaborative Group.

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraneoplastic leukemoid reaction is a rare syndrome defined by a leukocyte count exceeding 50 Giga/Liter (G/L), mostly described with progressive lung or renal carcinoma. We report a case of a 68-year-old man with recurrent pancreatic carcinoma presenting a leukemoid reaction with a white blood cell count of 63.87 G/...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Dos Santos M,Bouhier K,Dao MT

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery remains the only chance of cure for pancreatic cancer, but only 15%-25% of patients present with resectable disease at the time of primary diagnosis. Important goals in clinical research must therefore be to allow early detection with suitable diagnostic procedures, to further broaden operation techniques and ...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Sinn M,Bahra M,Denecke T,Travis S,Pelzer U,Riess H

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Low rectal cancer is traditionally treated by abdominoperineal resection. In recent years, several new techniques for the treatment of very low rectal cancer patients aiming to preserve the gastrointestinal continuity and to improve both the oncological as well as the functional outcomes, have been emerged. Literature...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Dimitriou N,Michail O,Moris D,Griniatsos J

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regorafenib is an oral small-molecule multikinase inhibitor approved in third or later line of treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Regorafenib has shown significant benefits in overall survival and progression free survival in two phase III trials compared to placebo in patients ...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Ricci V,Granetto C,Falletta A,Paccagnella M,Abbona A,Fea E,Fabozzi T,Lo Nigro C,Merlano MC

更新日期：2020-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors are rare slow-growing tumors with distinct histological, biological, and clinical characteristics that have increased in incidence and prevalence within the last few decades. They contain chromogranin A, synaptophysin and neuron-specific enolase which are necessary for making a d...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Ahmed M

更新日期：2020-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been recognized for a long time that gastric cancer behavior and outcomes might be different between patients living in Asian countries vs patients living in Western countries. It is not clear if these differences would persist between patients of Asian ancestry and patients of other racial subgroups ...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Abdel-Rahman O

更新日期：2019-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a rare cancer arising from the biliary tree with a poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options. Recent large scale molecular characterisation studies have identified recurrent genetic alterations in CCA which may be amenable to therapeutic targeting. In this review we explore the genomic...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Kayhanian H,Smyth EC,Braconi C

更新日期：2017-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:While the incidence and mortality of gastric cancer (GC) have declined due to public health programs, it remains the third deadliest cancer worldwide. For patients with early disease, innovative endoscopic and complex surgical techniques have improved survival. However, for patients with advanced disease, there are li...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Lin M,Gao M,Cavnar MJ,Kim J

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the first line of host defense, and are involved in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) recognition and activation of both inflammatory and carcinogenic processes. The presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes that activate the immune response may modulate the ris...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Susi MD,Lourenço Caroline M,Rasmussen LT,Payão SLM,Rossi AFT,Silva AE,de Oliveira-Cucolo JG

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer has a high tumor incidence and mortality rate worldwide. Despite significant improvements in radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy for GI cancer over the last decade, GI cancer is characterized by high recurrence rates and a dismal prognosis. There is an urgent need for new diag...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Matsuoka T,Yashiro M

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Surgery is the only potentially curative treatment, but most patients present at diagnosis with unresectable or metastatic disease. Moreover, even with an R0 resection, the majority of patients will die of disease recurrence. M...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Sperti C,Moletta L,Merigliano S

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study tumor response, and tolerability of arterially directed embolic therapy (ADET) with polyethylene glycol embolics loaded with irinotecan for the treatment of colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRC-LM). Secondary objectives were to monitor quality of life, time to progression and survival of patients. METH...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Fiorentini G,Carandina R,Sarti D,Nardella M,Zoras O,Guadagni S,Inchingolo R,Nestola M,Felicioli A,Barnes Navarro D,Munoz Gomez F,Aliberti C

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00