Exposure-response (E-R) relationship of ramucirumab (RAM) from two global, randomized, double-blind, phase 3 studies of patients (Pts) with advanced second-line gastric cancer. A phase I/II study of ...

The risk of locoregional recurrence in resected gastric adenocarcinoma is high, but the benefit of adjuvant treatment remains controversial. In particular, after extended lymph node dissection, the ...

THE purpose of this report is to indicate the value of ACTH and cortisone in massive gastric bleeding due to capillary fragility associated with erosions of the gastric mucosa. This local capillary ...

A clinical research team from Taiwan reported a case of asymptomatic pancreatic divisum who underwent palliative subtotal gastrectomy for an advanced gastric cancer with liver metastasis. They ...

Bortezomib-Melphalan-Prednisone-Thalidomide Followed by Maintenance With Bortezomib-Thalidomide Compared With Bortezomib-Melphalan-Prednisone for Initial Treatment of Multiple Myeloma: Updated ...

Proximal gastrectomy is an alternative treatment modality for gastric cancer in the upper third of the stomach. Though several reconstruction methods have been introduced, there is no standardization.

Surgery to remove your stomach is called a gastrectomy. There are different types of gastrectomy. The type you have depends on the stage and position of your cancer. You might have: a subtotal or ...

Is there a survival benefit to performing splenectomy at the time of surgery for patients with proximal gastric cancer? In a multicenter, Japanese study published in Annals of Surgery, [1] the authors ...

Gastrectomy is a type of major surgery to remove part or all of the stomach. Surgeons most commonly perform the procedure to treat stomach cancer. The amount or part of the stomach surgeons remove ...

The stomach is a muscular J-shaped sac-like structure, mainly acts as reservoir for the food, located in the upper and left part of abdomen and a crucial part of the digestive organ of ...