This segment addresses treatment planning after progression on second line therapy in progressive small bowel neuroendocrine tumor. Dr Lieu outlines common sequencing strategies following peptide ...

Obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding creates a diagnostic challenge for gastroenterologists. Many patients undergo multiple blood transfusions and repeated studies. Modern imaging techniques improve ...

The speakers emphasize that symptom burden can alter sequencing priorities and prompt greater integration of supportive interventions alongside tumor directed therapy. Regular symptom assessment and ...

Why Are Small Bowel Tumors So Rare? Medscape: Considering that the small bowel comprises the largest overall surface area of the lower gastrointestinal tract, why are small bowel cancers less common ...

Researchers have shown that various types of intestinal bacteria might be factors in both causing and preventing obesity, and in other conditions and diseases. Now, a UCLA study suggests that it could ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Celiac patients had higher risks for pancreatic, esophageal, colonic and gastric cancers but not rectal cancer ...

Tim Story's advanced small bowel cancer was considered terminal -- until an experimental trial involving fecal transplants and immunotherapy cured him. A Mississippi high school football coach has ...

Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota compromises intestinal mucosal barrier function, primarily characterized by downregulation of tight junction proteins in intestinal epithelial cells, consequently ...

A Mississippi high school football coach has finally reached the end zone of his cancer fight thanks to a peculiar, experimental treatment. Tim Story was diagnosed at 49 with stage 3 small bowel ...