Gastrointestinal Cancer: Screening and Surveillance
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Foreign Bodies
Foreign Bodies (Gastrointest Endosc 2002;55:802-06) DEFINITION: Ingestion of a foreign substance EPIDEMIOLOGY: Approximately 1500-3000 people die every year due to foreign body ingestion Only 10-20% of foreign bodies require removal…
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) (Gastrointest Endosc 2005;61:8-12) INDICATIONS: Esophagus Esophageal carcinoma T and N staging Submucosal nodules and extrinsic compression Stomach and Duodenum Gastric cancer staging Submucosal nodules and extrinsic compression…
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) (Gastrointest Endosc 2005;62:1-8 & 2003;57:633-38) INDICATIONS: Biliary Diagnosis and extraction of common bile duct stones (if high suspicion) Diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis Investigation, brushing and…
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) (Gastrointest Endosc 2002;55:784-93 & 2000;52:831-837) INDICATIONS: Diagnostic: Upper GI symptoms that are persistent or worrisome: dysphagia/odynophagia; abdominal pain; gastric outlet obstruction; chest pain after cardiac evaluation, iron deficient…
