Direct diagnosis of gastric cancer with a single laboratory test is impossible. Gastric biomarkers assayed from a blood sample provide, however, a tool to diagnose patients at particularly high risk for gastric malignancy. This possibility is commonly neglected although the biomarkers provide a handy and inexpensive way to rationalize the clinical practices, and to identify the subjects most li...

Although small bowel polyps and tumors are rare, their incidence has increased significantly over the past 30 years. Small bowel malignancies can be classified depending upon their cellular origin into four principal histologic types: adenocarcinomas, lymphomas, neuroendocrine tumors or carcinoids and lymphomas, which also include gastrointestinal stromal tumors. The relative ‘rarity’ of these ...

Endoscopic resection has been a well-established, first-line therapy of premalignant and superficial malignant GI lesions.1Fukami N. Surgery versus endoscopic mucosal submucosal dissection for large polyps: making sense when to use which approach.Gastrointest Endosc Clin North Am. 2019; 29: 675-685Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (11) Google Scholar Over the past decade, there have signific...

In his contribution to the Journal of Medical Ethics, Joseph Mazor makes a logical case, based on the premises underlying his reasoning, for his article’s primary thesis: he concludes that parents have the prerogative to determine the ‘best interests’ of their infant son in a circumcision decision. If the facts of the matter were ultimately no different from what he adduces, one could admit the...

The Association was first constituted in 1967 as the of Head and Neck Oncologists Great Britain 1995 changed its name to British (BAHNO). stimulus for formation remains our aim, namely need encourage discussion sharing knowledge between various clinical research specialties involved management diverse group conditions that make up head neck cancer. Although those us working field have strong li...