Gastroenterology Week articles

Recent articles from Gastroenterology Week

A breakthrough in gastric carcinogenesis.
June 29, 2009... Checkpoint with forkhead and ring finger (CHFR) is a mitotic stress checkpoint gene whose promoter is frequently methylated in various kinds of cancer. In gastric cancer, CHFR promoter hypermethylation has been reported to lead to chromosome instability (CIN) and genetic instability is one of...

A case of cecal volvulus.
June 29, 2009... Cecal volvulus is axial twisting that occurs involving the cecum, terminal ileum, and ascending colon. Rarely, it may take the form of upward and anterior folding of the ascending colon ("cecal bascule") (see also World Journal of Gastroenterology). The research team led by Prof. Hiroshi...

Advances in liver surgery enable the prospect of curative treatment for more patients.
June 29, 2009... Although many prognostic factors predicting survival and cancer recurrence in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal liver metastases are already identified, the effects of newly introduced technologies and new drugs in the treatment of these patients are still poorly studied because of...

Are angiotensins involved in the hemodynamic changes of cirrhosis patients?
June 29, 2009... Liver cirrhosis has been recently studied in the light of the new view of the renin angiotensin system (RAS). While the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-Ang 2-AT1 receptor arm contributes to liver tissue injury and fibrosis and the maintenance of basal vascular tonus in non-compensated...

Females are usually at higher risk than males in a maternal history of non-GCs.
June 29, 2009... Gastric cancer (GC) is a major clinical challenge because of its frequency, and poor prognosis. The etiology of GC is still uncertain, but its familial aggregation in a variable but significant proportion of cases suggests the importance of genetic predisposition. Previous studies on family...