Inflammatory bowel disease(IBD),encompassing Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis,manifests as a chronic,recurrent,and refractory intestinal inflammatory condition significantly impacting patients’quality of life....
A multicenter study recently published introduced a novel prognostic model for predicting esophagogastric variceal rebleeding after endoscopic treatment in patients with cirrhosis.The model incorporated six readily av...
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC)is the third leading cause of cancerrelated deaths in the United States.Although chemotherapeutic regimens such as gemcitabine+nab-paclitaxel and FOLFIRINOX(FOLinic acid,5-Fluroru...
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC)is an aggressive malignancy that is best treated in a multidisciplinary fashion using surgery,chemotherapy,and radiation.Adjuvant chemotherapy has shown to have a significant surv...
Pancreatic cancer is one of the highest and in fact,unchanged mortality-associated tumor,with an exceptionally low survival rate due to its challenging diagnostic approach.So far,its treatment is based on a combinatio...
The measurement of procalcitonin has recently become a mainstay for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of severe bacterial infections, especially those sustained by Gram-negative bacteria. Therefore, the aim of ...
The existing mismatch between the great demand for liver transplants and the number of available donor organs highlights the urgent need for alternative therapeutic strategies in patients with acute or chronic liver f...
Supported by Institutional NRSA,clinical oncology research training program,No.T32 CA079447(Bishehsari F);the Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro(AIRC),Milan to Mariani-Costantini R;the Office for Internationalization,G.d’Annunzio University,Chieti;the Carichieti Foundation,Chieti;Ministero dell’Istruzione,dell’Universitàe della Ricerca(MIUR),Rome,Italy;the Fondazione Umberto Veronesi,Milan,Italy and the MRC(5PT57)to Vacca M
Colorectal cancer(CRC)is one of the leading causes of cancer and cancer-related mortality worldwide.The disease has been traditionally a major health problem in industrial countries,however the CRC rates are increasin...
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)is becoming rapidly one of the most common indications for orthotopic liver transplantation in the world.Development of graft steatosis is a significant problem during the posttr...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a highly prevalent gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain and discomfort in association with altered bowel habits. It is estimated tD affect 10%-15% of the Wester...