Current status of robot-assisted gastric surgery.

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：:Most patients treated with curative intent for colorectal cancer (CRC) are included in a follow-up program involving periodic evaluations. The survival benefits of a follow-up program are well delineated, and previous meta-analyses have suggested an overall survival improvement of 5%-10% by intensive follow-up. Howeve...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Augestad KM,Rose J,Crawshaw B,Cooper G,Delaney C

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the special clinical features and biologic characteristics of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancers, AYA cancers are different from cancers in children and elderly individuals. However, there are few reports on AYA hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). AIM:To investigate the overall survival (OS) of AYA...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Ren J,Tong YM,Cui RX,Wang Z,Li QL,Liu W,Qu K,Zhang JY,Liu C,Wan Y

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenocarcinoma of small intestines (SBA) is a relatively rare malignancy with poor outcomes due to delayed diagnosis. Fifty percent of patients have metastases on presentation and therefore early detection and treatment offers the best long term outcomes. Certain genetic polyposis syndromes and familial diseases are a...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Shenoy S

更新日期：2016-06-15 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：: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：:Diarrhea is a common side effect of chemotherapy. Pseudomembranous colitis is a well known complication of antibiotic treatment that can also be observed, albeit rarely, with certain chemotherapeutic agents. We present four cases of severe colitis in patients undergoing treatment with taxane-based chemotherapy for pan...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Carrion AF,Hosein PJ,Cooper EM,Lopes G,Pelaez L,Rocha-Lima CM

更新日期：2010-10-15 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：: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: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：:Surgical therapy for ulcerative colitis (UC) depends on the medical therapy administered for the patient's condition. UC is a benign disease. However, it has been reported that the rare cases of cancer in UC patients are increasing, and such cases have a worse prognosis. Recently, surgical therapy has greatly changed,...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Kinugasa T,Akagi Y

更新日期：2016-04-15 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：:Progress in the molecular oncology of gastrointestinal carcinomas depends on high quality cancer tissues for research. Recent acceleration on new technological platforms as well as the "omics" revolution increases the demands on tissues and peripheral blood for research at the DNA, mRNA and protein levels. Tissue bank...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Yu YY,Zhu ZG

更新日期：2010-01-15 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：: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：: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：:Colorectal carcinogenesis (CRC) imposes a major health burden in developing countries. It is the third major cause of cancer deaths. Despite several treatment strategies, novel drugs are warranted to reduce the severity of this disease. Adenomatous polyps in the colon are the major culprits in CRC and found in 45% of ...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Pandurangan AK,Divya T,Kumar K,Dineshbabu V,Velavan B,Sudhandiran G

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from gastric cancer has traditionally been considered a terminal progression of the disease and is associated with poor survival outcomes. Positive peritoneal cytology similarly worsens the survival of patients with gastric cancer and treatment options for these patients have been limite...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Leiting JL,Grotz TE

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overexpression of SQSTM1 (sequestosome 1, P62) and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) plays an important role in the invasion and metastasis of a variety of malignant tumors. AIM:To explore the expression of P62 and NF-κB in pancreatic cancer and their relationship with clinicopathological features. METHODS:The exp...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Zhang ZY,Guo S,Zhao R,Ji ZP,Zhuang ZN

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that colorectal cancer develops from a series of precursor epithelial polyps, including tubular adenomas, villous/tubulovillous adenomas (VA/TVA), sessile serrated adenomas (SSA) and traditional serrated adenomas (TSA). Of these, TSAs are least common and account for only 5% of all serrated poly...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Kalimuthu SN,Chelliah A,Chetty R

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radical D2 lymphadenectomy for advanced gastric cancer as a standard procedure has gained global consensus. Mounting studies have shown that the number of lymph nodes dissection directly affects the prognosis and recurrence of gastric cancer. Our previous study showed that there was no obvious lymph node aro...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Mu GC,Huang Y,Liu ZM,Chen ZB,Wu XH,Qin XG,Zeng YJ

更新日期：2019-06-15 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：: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：AIM:To investigate p16 gene methylation and its expression in 30 patients with sporadic colorectal adenocarcinoma in a North Indian population. METHODS:Methylation specific polymerase chain reaction was used to detect p16 gene methylation and immunohistochemistry was used to study the p16 expression in 30 sporadic col...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Malhotra P,Kochhar R,Vaiphei K,Wig JD,Mahmood S

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past ten years, sorafenib, a multikinase inhibitor, has been the standard of care for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and well-preserved liver function. Recently, lenvatinib, a different multikinase inhibitor, was shown to be non-inferior to sorafenib, in terms of survival, while all...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Personeni N,Pressiani T,Bozzarelli S,Rimassa L

更新日期：2019-10-15 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：:Gastric metastases from lung adenocarcinoma are rare. Because gastric metastasis grossly resembles advanced gastric cancer, it is difficult to diagnose gastric metastasis especially when the histology of the primary lung cancer is adenocarcinoma. We describe a case of gastric metastasis from primary lung adenocarcinom...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Kim MJ,Hong JH,Park ES,Byun JH

更新日期：2015-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholangiocarcinoma (CC) arising from the large intrahepatic bile ducts and extrahepatic hilar bile ducts share clinicopathological features and have been called hilar and perihilar CC as a group. However, "hilar and perihilar CC" are also used to refer exclusively to the intrahepatic hilar type CC or, more commonly, t...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Castellano-Megías VM,Ibarrola-de Andrés C,Colina-Ruizdelgado F

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated carcinoma is a gastric cancer subtype with a morphology characterized by gastric carcinoma with lymphoid stroma (GCLS). Clinicopathological studies have indicated a better prognosis for GCLS than for common gastric carcinomas. Some previous cases of early gastric cancer as...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Kobayashi Y,Kunogi T,Tanabe H,Murakami Y,Iwama T,Sasaki T,Takahashi K,Ando K,Nomura Y,Ueno N,Kashima S,Moriichi K,Takei H,Fujiya M,Okumura T

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC) are very uncommon. There is no unanimous consensus regarding the best treatment for this rare condition, and management is, especially in elderly patients, limited to diagnosis and palliative care. Capecitabine, an oral fluoropyrimidine derivative, might be help...

journal_title：World journal of gastrointestinal oncology

authors： Taccogna S,Gozzi E,Rossi L,Caruso D,Conte D,Trenta P,Leoni V,Tomao S,Raimondi L,Angelini F

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00