Background and Aim: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), the most common mesenchymal tumors of the digestive tract with potential for malignant transformation, are mainly treated by open surgery ...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) represents a significant advance in therapeutic endoscopy with the major advantage being the ability to achieve a higher en bloc resection rate for early stage ...

Doctors are using endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) to remove some early gastrointestinal tumors without making external cuts, a shift that can speed recovery and keep organs intact when cancers ...

Gastric lesions include benign, dysplastic, and malignant tumours. Patients may be asymptomatic or experience loss of appetite and weight, anaemia and abdominal discomfort or pain. The procedure is ...

Tislelizumab in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of Chinese patients (pts) with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC): Results from one cohort of an ongoing phase 2 study.

Safety and efficacy of combining genotype-guided irinotecan (Iri) with 5FU, leucovorin (LV), oxaliplatin (Ox), and docetaxel (Tax) (gFOLFOXIRITAX): The I-FLOAT phase 1 dose-escalation study for ...

Malignant or premalignant changes in the oesophagus may take the form of either squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma, or their respective premalignant (dysplastic) forms. In the UK, approximately ...

Endoscopic clips are widely used in gastroenterology for procedures such as hemostasis, closure of perforations, and endoscopic marking. The rising incidence of GI bleeding, colorectal cancer, and ...