Gastrointestinal Cancer: Nutritional Support Joel B. Mason Protein-calorie malnutrition, typically referred to simply as malnutrition, is a common but not invariable feature of cancer, the most frequent manifestation of which…
Gastrointestinal Cancer Management: Biological Aspects of Radiation Therapy H. Rodney Withers Kinetics of Response to Irradiation of Mucosal Tissues Most of the killing of cells by irradiation results from unrepaired…
Gastrointestinal Cancer: Medical Oncology Timothy Asmis Manish A. Shah Introduction A medical oncologist is a physician who uses medicines to treat cancer. Because the medical therapy of cancer is still…
Gastrointestinal Cancer: Surgical Oncology Monica M. Bertagnolli Hippocrates had this to say about intestinal cancer: “It is better not to treat deep cancers, for those so treated die rapidly whereas…
Gastrointestinal Cancer: Screening and Surveillance Robert S. Sandler Screening can be defined as the application of a test to detect a potential disease or condition in a person who has…
Gastrointestinal Cancer: Cancer Genetics Steven M. Lipkin Kenneth Offit Introduction Clinical genetic services for gastrointestinal (GI) cancer help the medical community effectively identify families with genetic syndromes. When properly diagnosed,…
Gastrointestinal Cancer: Pathology and Molecular Pathology Alessandro Lugli Jeremy R. Jass Introduction “Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe and their relation to one another” wrote the…
Gastrointestinal Cancer: Epidemiology Ellen Kampman H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita Heiner Boeing Carlos A. Gonzalez Bianca Stam Pieter van’t Veer Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon Sheila A. Bingham Hans F. A. Vasen Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers…
Infectious Endocarditis Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (Gastrointest Endosc 2003;58:475-82) Note: Changes to these guidelines are likely forthcoming as GI societies adopt recent new recommendations, published (April 2007) in Circulation: Journal of…
Gastrointestinal Surgeries BILLROTH TYPE-I PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY This operation removes part of the stomach. The top half of the stomach is reconnected with the duodenum. Reprinted with permission from CancerHelp UK…
