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Treatment Opportunities for Colorectal Liver Metastases

Colorectal liver metastases (CLM) are the most common hepatic malignancy and are caused by disseminated tumour cells (DTCs) seeded early in the…

Alcoholic Liver Disease: A Comprehensive Review

Alcoholic liver disease, a leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and cirrhosis, can range from simple steatosis to hepatocellular carcinoma.

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): The Search for a Cure

An alarming rise of obesity and, along with it, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), has been observed in the USA and the rest of the world.

Primary Paraganglioma of the Thyroid Gland: Clinical and Immunohistological Analysis with a Literature Review

Primary paraganglioma of the thyroid is a rare neuroendocrine tumour, often mistaken for other thyroid neoplasms.

Outcomes of Salvage Lymph Node Dissection for Prostate Cancer with Clinical Nodal Relapse: Results of a Multicentric, Retrospective Study

Salvage lymph node dissection (sLND) is a treatment option for prostate cancer (PCa) patients with nodal recurrence after radical therapy to delay…

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Mirtazapine: A New Treatment for Functional Dyspepsia

IMPROVEMENTS in many symptoms of functional dyspepsia have been observed in a pilot study of mirtazapine, an antidepressant.

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Aspirin: A Potential Preventative Treatment for Colorectal Cancer

A NOVEL use for aspirin has recently been discovered in two long-term studies. Whilst aspirin is commonly used to treat or prevent cardiovascular disease…

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Medics Call for Urgent Improvements in the Quality of Endoscopy across Europe

Vienna, March 30, 2016: Every year, tens of millions of individuals across Europe undergo endoscopic procedures to assist with the diagnosis and…

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Hepatitis C Provides Potent Antiviral Molecules

RESISTANT viruses may soon face a potent new antiviral body in the form of the amphipathic α-helical (AH) peptide, a molecule found within the hepatitis…

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Team Discover Achilles’ Heel of Liver Cancer

DEADLY liver cancer may have met its match, with the discovery of stem cell markers in the biological makeup of hepatocellular carcinoma.