Coexistence of hepatocellular carcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver resection is an effective treatment for benign and malignant liver tumors. However, a method for preoperative evaluation of hepatic reserve has not yet been established. Previously reported assessments of preoperative hepatic reserve focused only on liver failure in the early postoperative period and d...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishii M,Itano O,Shinoda M,Kitago M,Abe Y,Hibi T,Yagi H,Takeuchi A,Tsujikawa H,Abe T,Kitagawa Y

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the potential role of Nimesulide, a selective COX-2 inhibitor, in proliferation and apoptosis of gastric adenocarcinoma cells SGC7901. METHODS:Cell counts and MTT assay were used to quantify the influence of Nimesulide in the proliferation of SGC7901 cells. Transmission electron microscopy and flow cyt...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li JY,Wang XZ,Chen FL,Yu JP,Luo HS

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper provides a basic review of intestinal microflora and its importance in liver diseases. The intestinal microflora has many important functions, above all to maintain the microbial barrier against established as well as potential pathogens. Furthermore, it influences the motility and perfusion of the intestina...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Lata J,Jurankova J,Kopacova M,Vitek P

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To clarify the biological feature contributing to gastric cancer with diffuse bone metastases at diagnosis. METHODS:The participants visited the Department of Clinical Oncology, Akita University Hospital, from January 2014 to August 2015. The selection criterion for gastric cancer with diffuse bone metastases at d...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shimazu K,Fukuda K,Yoshida T,Inoue M,Shibata H

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the prognosis of type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) after gastrectomy and related factors in gastric cancer patients. METHODS:403 gastric cancer patients with T2DM were studied, who underwent gastrectomy between May 2003 and September 2009. A review of medical records and telephone interviews was perform...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim JW,Cheong JH,Hyung WJ,Choi SH,Noh SH

更新日期：2012-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Desmoid tumor is a locally invasive, myofibroblastic, nonmetastatic tumor. Its pathogenesis remains unclear and it may involve genetic abnormalities, sex hormones and traumatic injury, including surgery. Postoperative intra-abdominal desmoid tumor is rare, especially in the retroperitoneum. We report a case of postope...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shih LY,Wei CK,Lin CW,Tseng CE

更新日期：2012-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated that the outcome of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection is profoundly influenced by a variety of comorbidities. Many of these comorbidities have a significant influence on the response to antiviral therapy. These comorbidities negatively affect the course and outcome of liver disease,...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： El-Zayadi AR

更新日期：2009-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the effects of aspirin and enoxaparin on liver function, coagulation index and histopathology in a rat model of liver fibrosis. METHODS Forty-five male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into the control group (n = 5) and model group (n = 40). Thioacetamide (TAA) was used to induce liver fibrosis ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Li CJ,Yang ZH,Shi XL,Liu DL

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful cannulation of the common bile duct may be difficult in patients in whom the papilla is located entirely within a diverticulum. In this study, we report successful biliary cannulation in three patients following intubation of the distal tip of the duodenoscope into the duodenal diverticulum and locating the...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang BC,Shi WB,Zhang WJ,Gu J,Tao YJ,Wang YQ,Wang XF

更新日期：2012-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the possibility of the replacement of the gag gene between human immunodeficiency virus and bovine immunodeficiency virus, to achieve chimeric virions, and thereby gain a new kind of AIDS vaccine based on BHIV chimeric viruses. METHODS:A series of chimeric BHIV proviral DNAs differing in the replacement...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zhu YX,Liu C,Liu XL,Qiao WT,Chen QM,Zeng Y,Geng YQ

更新日期：2005-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer (PCCRC) rate for high-definition (HD) colonoscopy compared with that for standard-definition colonoscopy reported previously. METHODS:Using medical records at Sano Hospital (SH) and Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital (DMUKH), we retrospectively obtain...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iwatate M,Kitagawa T,Katayama Y,Tokutomi N,Ban S,Hattori S,Hasuike N,Sano W,Sano Y,Tamano M

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe our own experience with pyogenic liver abscesses over the past 10 years and investigate the risk factors associated with failure of initial percutaneous therapy. METHODS:A retrospective study of records of 63 PLA patients presenting between 1998 and 2008 to Australian tertiary referral centre, were rev...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Pang TC,Fung T,Samra J,Hugh TJ,Smith RC

更新日期：2011-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic chemotherapy has enabled prolongation of survival in patients with stage IV colorectal cancer. This has subsequently increased the relative significance of local therapy for patients with oligometastases because they can be cured by removal of oligometastatic lesions. One of the most frequently reported tumor...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takeda A,Sanuki N,Kunieda E

更新日期：2014-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:"Psychosocial stress" is an increasingly common concept in the challenging and highly-demanding modern society of today. Organic response to stress implicates two major components of the stress system, namely the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the sympathetic nervous system. Stress is anamnestically reported ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Vere CC,Streba CT,Streba LM,Ionescu AG,Sima F

更新日期：2009-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the roles of the adipocytokines, ghrelin and leptin in gastric cancer cachexia. METHODS:Resistin, ghrelin, leptin, adiponectin, insulin and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I), were measured in 30 healthy subjects, and 60 gastric cancer patients of which 30 suffered from cancer-induced cachexia and 3...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kerem M,Ferahkose Z,Yilmaz UT,Pasaoglu H,Ofluoglu E,Bedirli A,Salman B,Sahin TT,Akin M

更新日期：2008-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the clinical utility of biological age (BA) measurement in screening colonoscopy for the detection of colorectal adenomas in the average-risk population. METHODS:A consecutive series of asymptomatic subjects aged ≥ 30 years who underwent colonoscopy in routine check-ups were enrolled. Colorectal ade...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kim SJ,Kim BJ,Kang H

更新日期：2017-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether the degree of rectal distension could define the rectum functions as a conduit or reservoir. METHODS:Response of the rectal and anal pressure to 2 types of rectal balloon distension, rapid voluminous and slow gradual distention, was recorded in 21 healthy volunteers (12 men, 9 women, age 41....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shafik A,Mostafa RM,Shafik I,Ei-Sibai O,Shafik AA

更新日期：2006-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate clinical presentation, etiology, complications and response to treatment in elderly patients with acute cholangitis. METHODS:Demographics, etiology of biliary obstruction, clinical features, complications and associated systemic diseases of 175 patients with acute cholangitis were recorded. Endoscopic ...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Agarwal N,Sharma BC,Sarin SK

更新日期：2006-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). METHODS:Two hundred and twenty four SCD patients with cholestatic jaundice (CJ) had ERCP. The indications for ERCP were based on clinical and biochemical evidence of CJ and ultrasound findings....

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Issa H,Al-Haddad A,Al-Salem A

更新日期：2009-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach (HAS) is a rare form of gastric cancer that has unique clinicopathological features and an extremely poor prognosis. Here, we report on three patients with suspected gastric cancer who were referred to our hospital. Gastrointestinal fiberscopy on the three patients revealed two l...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ye MF,Tao F,Liu F,Sun AJ

更新日期：2013-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate protective effects and molecular mechanisms of green tea polyphenols (GTP) on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in Zucker fatty (ZF) rats. METHODS:Male ZF rats were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 2 wk then treated with GTP (200 mg/kg) or saline (5 mL/kg) for 8 wk, with Zucker lean rat as thei...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tan Y,Kim J,Cheng J,Ong M,Lao WG,Jin XL,Lin YG,Xiao L,Zhu XQ,Qu XQ

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysphagia lusoria is a term used to describe dysphagia secondary to vascular compression of the oesophagus. The various embryologic anomalies of the arterial brachial arch system often remain unrecognised and asymptomatic, but in 30%-40% of cases can result in tracheo-oesophageal symptoms, which in the majority of cas...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bennett AL,Cock C,Heddle R,Morcom RK

更新日期：2013-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To systematically review the data on distinctive aspects of peptic ulcer disease (PUD), Dieulafoy's lesion (DL), and Mallory-Weiss syndrome (MWS) in patients with advanced alcoholic liver disease (aALD), including alcoholic hepatitis or alcoholic cirrhosis. METHODS:Computerized literature search performed via PubM...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nojkov B,Cappell MS

更新日期：2016-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the impact of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with genotype 1 or 3 and the presence or absence of liver cirrhosis (LC) in the early viral kinetics response to treatment. METHODS:Naive patients (n = 46) treated with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) and ribavirin and followed up with frequent early HCV-RNA...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Medeiros-Filho JE,de Carvalho Mello IM,Pinho JR,Neumann AU,de Mello Malta F,da Silva LC,Carrilho FJ

更新日期：2006-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the allelic and haplotypic association of reg1alpha gene with tropical calcific pancreatitis (TCP). Since TCP is known to have a variable genetic basis, we investigated the interaction between mutations in the susceptibility genes, SPINK1 and CTSB with reg1alpha polymorphisms. METHODS:We analyzed th...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mahurkar S,Bhaskar S,Reddy DN,Rao GV,Chandak GR

更新日期：2007-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of early gastric cancer (EGC) is of great interest because its endoscopic and surgical treatment presents the best chance for a cure. With technical development, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been widely performed for the curative treatment of EGC in Korea. Multinational studies of ESD for E...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Cho WY,Cho JY,Chung IK,Kim JI,Jang JS,Kim JH

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the safety and efficacy of a Hansenula-derived PEGylated (polyethylene glycol) interferon (IFN)-alpha-2a (Reiferon Retard) plus ribavirin customized regimen in treatment-naïve and previously treated (non-responders and relapsers) Egyptian children with chronic hepatitis C infection. METHODS:Forty-si...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： El Naghi S,Abdel-Ghaffar TY,El-Karaksy H,Abdel-Aty EF,El-Raziky MS,Allam AA,Helmy H,El-Araby HA,Behairy BE,El-Guindi MA,El-Sebaie H,Abdel-Ghaffar AY,Ehsan NA,El-Hennawy AM,Sira MM

更新日期：2014-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid-pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) is a rare neoplasm of the pancreas that usually occurs in young females. It is generally considered a low-grade malignant tumor that can remain asymptomatic for several years. The occurrence of infiltrating varieties of SPT is around 10%-15%. Between 1986 and 2006, 282 cystic tumors o...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sperti C,Berselli M,Pasquali C,Pastorelli D,Pedrazzoli S

更新日期：2008-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Poorly differentiated endocrine carcinoma (PDEC) of the pancreas is a rare and aggressive tumor. First-line treatment is commonly a combination of etoposide and cisplatin, but there is no consensus regarding further treatment recommendations. In this report, we describe a case of pancreatic PDEC treated with gemcitabi...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakazuru S,Yoshio T,Suemura S,Itoh M,Araki M,Yoshioka C,Ohta M,Sueyoshi Y,Ohta T,Hasegawa H,Morita K,Toyama T,Kuzushita N,Kodama Y,Mano M,Mita E

更新日期：2010-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To prospectively present our initial experience with totally laparoscopic transhiatal esophagogastrectomies for benign diseases of the cardia and distal esophagus. METHODS:Laparoscopic gastric mobilization and tubularization combined with transhiatal esophageal dissection and intrathoracic esophagogastric anastomo...

journal_title：World journal of gastroenterology

authors： Dulucq JL,Wintringer P,Mahajna A

更新日期：2007-01-14 00:00:00