This study investigates upper gastrointestinal tract (UGIT) involvement in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), a condition traditionally considered limited to the colon. Although extra-colonic ...

SAN DIEGO — A real-time, blood-sensing capsule (PillSense) is a safe and effective diagnostic tool for patients with suspected upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that can aid patient triage ...

Each year, clinical upper gastrointestinal events occur in 2 to 4 percent of patients who are taking nonselective nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). We assessed whether rofecoxib ...

Phase II trial of transarterial chemoembolization followed by sintilimab (anti-PD-1), oxaliplatin, and S-1 combined with either trastuzumab (HER-2 positive) or apatinib (HER-2 negative) as first-line ...

W. Lau, MD, and colleagues. The rebleeding rate of nonvariceal upper GI bleeds is up to 10.4%. Zhang said the rebleeding rate for variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding is up to 65%. The AI ...

Safety and efficacy of camrelizumab combined with radiotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A prospective single-arm phase II clinical trial.

Semiconductor equipment manufacturer All-Ring Tech (ART) recently reported a significant cybersecurity incident involving the leakage of internal data by external hackers. ART stated that ...

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s PD-1 drug Opdivo (nivolumab) and MSD’s rival Keytruda (pembrolizumab) are approved with chemotherapy for first-line use in upper GI cancers, with the former cleared for ...

Acute bleeding from the colon is usually less dramatic than upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage and is self-limiting in most cases. Several factors might contribute to increased mortality ...

Or is the balance of evidence still substantially tipped towards the need for PPIs to protect against aspirin-induced upper gastrointestinal damage?

A combined colonoscopy and endoscopy lets a doctor examine your upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, all in one procedure. Doctors use a combined colonoscopy and endoscopy to help diagnose the ...

It is of special interest that duodenal adenocarcinomas were incidental findings in 2 patients with carcinoma elsewhere in the gastrointestinal ... as described by Schatzki. 13 This procedure ...