In 1899, only four years after Roentgen's discovery, Francis H. Williams, assisted by Walter B. Cannon, examined, by means of roentgen rays, the stomachs of two children who had been given bismuth meals. The observations, which were described in detail in Williams' book, pertained chiefly to variations in size, form, and position of the stomach during the process of digestion, but in his final ...

An increased interest in gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP NENs) has recently been observed. These are rare neoplasms and their detection in recent years has improved. Over 50% of GEP NENs are carcinoids, and they are usually found incidentally during surgery in the small intestine and appendix and at diagnosis in distant metastases, mainly to the liver. There is a need for...

BACKGROUND Some authors have studied the relationship between the presence of polyps, adenomas and cancers of upper gastrointestinal tract (stomach and duodenum) and risk of colorectal polyps and neoplasms; however, the results are controversial, which may be due to study sample size, populations, design, clinical features, and so on. No meta-analysis, which can be generalized to a larger popul...

The article is a critical analysis of the world scientific literature devoted to search for risk factors stomach cancer timely prognosis this disease and implementation prevention measures. paper presents data from numerous studies determine role environmental factors, including unfavorable ecology, as well gender, age, smoking, alcohol abuse. authors’ opinions are presented on essential alimen...

Relevance . Despite numerous efforts made in recent decades, the arsenal of cancer diagnostics is still significantly limited. The purpose study: to analyze problem differential diagnosis early stage stomach and non-oncological diseases abdominal cavity. Materials methods In course work, current literary sources domestic foreign authors on a given topic were analyzed. Results stages malignant n...

FOLLOWING THE INITIAL REPORTS of de novo malignancies in transplant recipients in 1968,1-3 an informal tumor registry for such cases was established in Denver.4 To date, accounts of malignant neoplasms in 39 renal recipients have been compiled from our own program or else submitted by a number of other groups to this registry (Tables 1 and 2). One patient has developed a carcinoma of the stomac...

Though rare amongst stomach neoplasms, primary gastric diffuse large B cell lymphoma is one of the commonest extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphomas. If left untreated, it can have a devastating progression and life-threatening consequences. We present the case of a successfully treated large antral ulcer confirmed to be large B cell lymphoma as evidenced by radiologic, endoscopic and histopathologic ...