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The value of double balloon enteroscopy in diagnosing blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome: a case report.
(BioMed Central, 2010)Blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome is a rare vascular disorder associated with multiple gastrointestinal haemangiomas that have the potential for life-threatening haemorrhage. These may be difficult to diagnose, and have ... -
Vascular endothelial growth factor is an autocrine growth factor, signaling through neuropilin-1 in non-small cell lung cancer
(2015)Background: The VEGF pathway has become an important therapeutic target in lung cancer, where VEGF has long been established as a potent pro-angiogenic growth factor expressed by many types of tumors. While Bevacizumab ... -
Visceral Adipose Tissue Modulates Radiosensitivity in Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma.
(2019)Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) is an exemplar model of obesity-associated cancer. Response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NA CRT) is a clinical challenge. We examined if visceral adipose tissue and obesity ... -
Visceral adiposity and oesophageal adenocarcinoma : exploring the role of the insulin like-growth factor axis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Surgery, 2012)In the modem era there is a consistent reported trend of markedly improved operative and oncologic outcomes from high-volume oesophageal programmes within academic medical centres. The current benchmark survival rate in ... -
When to Perform a Pancreatoduodenectomy in the Absence of Positive Histology? A consensus statement by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS)
(2014)Pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) provides the best chance for cure in the treatment of patients with localized pancreatic head cancer. In patients with a suspected, clinically resectable pancreatic head malignancy, the need for ...