Introduction The management of gastric varices (GV) using endoscopic ultrasound-guided angio-embolization using coil and glue (EUS-CG) is a relatively recent modality showing higher obliteration and ...

While gastric varices are less frequent compared with oesophageal varices (20% vs 80%), endoscopic management of gastric variceal bleeding is more challenging and associated with a higher 6-week ...

Sixty-seven of 304 patients bled from the upper gastrointestinal tract during follow up, and 64 of these were given emergency endoscopies. The sources of bleeding were varices in 52 (81%), gastric ...

Gastric varices were detected in 15 patients. The patient cohort had relatively severe liver disease with 81 (80%) patients having ascites and 40 (39%) patients having a history of hepatic ...

Objective The purpose of this study was the clinical and pathological characterisation of a new autosomal dominant gastric polyposis syndrome, gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the ...

Gastric cancer articles from across Nature Portfolio Gastric cancer, or stomach cancer, is a type of cancer that begins in the mucus-producing cells on the inside lining of the stomach. The most ...

Objective This study aims to investigate the safety and feasibility of early oral feeding in patients with gastric cancer after gastrectomy. Methods A total of 135 patients with gastric cancer who ...

Background Of all people with gastric cancer, in countries where screening is not routinely performed, 80% to 90% are either diagnosed at an advanced stage when the tumour is inoperable, or develop a ...

The purpose of this guideline is to assist nuclear medicine practitioners in recommending, performing, interpreting, and reporting the results of gastric-emptying and motility studies in adults.

Delayed gastric emptying is known to have a major impact on drug absorption. While the test meal recommended by the FDA and EMA to study food effects represents a worst-case scenario, it does not ...

When is chemo used for stomach cancer? Chemo might be used at different times to help treat stomach cancer: Chemo can be given before surgery for stomach cancer. This is known as neoadjuvant treatment ...