Background Fibrosis and tumour innervation are two features of the tumour microenvironment (TME) that contribute directly to ...

I read the GOULASH trial with great interest. This multicentre, double-blind randomised clinical trial compared early high-energy enteral nutrition (30 kcal/kg/day) with a gradually increasing energy ...

Background: The available classifications of gastritis are inconsistently used, possibly because none provides immediate prognostic/therapeutic information to clinicians. As histology reporting of ...

Background: Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) often feel they have some form of dietary intolerance and frequently try exclusion diets. Tests attempting to predict food sensitivity in IBS ...

Objective We performed a meta-analysis of observational studies to quantify the magnitude of the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and risk of extrahepatic cancers. Design ...

Division of Gastroenterology, Azienda Ospedaliera S Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy Correspondence to: Dr C Prantera, Divisione di Gastroenterologia, Azienda Ospedaliera S Camillo-Forlanini, Via ...

The aim of this study was to establish the relative importance of risk factors for mortality after acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage, and to formulate a simple numerical scoring system that ...

Background Despite the long-standing recommendations of high-protein diets for patients with cancer, the precise mechanisms of this dietary approach in benefiting tumour suppression and enhancing ...

Background—Gall bladder and sphincter of Oddi (SO) function are coordinated by hormonal and neuronal mechanisms. Nerve fibres pass between the gall bladder and the SO via the cystic duct. It is ...

Histopathology Unit, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Royal College of Surgeons, London. Diet is of fundamental importance in the healthy functioning of alimentary epithelium, or during the disease ...

Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, Regensburg, Germany Correspondence to Professor Stefan Fichtner-Feigl, Department of Surgery, University of ...

1 Gastroenterohepatology Research Centre, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2 Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran Background: Twenty four hour oesophageal pH monitoring ...