A 65-year-old previously well man presented with 3 weeks of generalised abdominal pain and diarrhoea up to three times per ...

Objective Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) is a well-studied but hotly contested medical intervention of enhanced infection control. Here, we aim to characterise the changes to ...

Objective Our previous studies have identified CXCL8 as the crucial chemokine responsible for gastric cancer metastasis mediated by loss of RACK1. However, the regulatory effect of CXCL8 on immune ...

Objectives The incidence of gastric cancer continues to decrease globally, approaching levels that in some populations could define it as a rare disease. To explore this on a wider scale, we predict ...

Correspondence to Dr Michael J Bourke, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead 2145, New South Wales, Australia; michael{at}citywestgastro.com.au Background and aims ...

Correspondence to Dr Madhusudan Grover, Enteric NeuroScience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester MN 55905, USA; ...

Perianal complications of Crohn's disease occur in 25-70% of patients but perineal and genital lesions are rare. Treatment is controversial and there is a risk of recurrent or persistent disease. We ...

Endoscopic resection of duodenal lesions is affected by a high risk of complications. In the colon, cold snare endoscopic resection showed comparable efficacy to conventional polypectomy, and a ...

The understanding of the pathophysiology of Crohn’s disease is currently undergoing a reassessment. The concept of this disease as a primary T cell disorder is being questioned, with a new emphasis on ...

Correspondence to Prof Dr Rinse K Weersma, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; r.k.weersma{at}umcg.nl Approximately 20% of the US ...