... like vomiting, nausea, and reflux. Alterations of the female hormones may affect central aspects, such as modulation of immune response and prognosis. Summary: Prolonged “pregnancy-associated” symptoms need further diagnostics in all cases. Once diagnosed, treatment of upper gastrointestinal tumors...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2025 Pregnancy Colorectal cancer Diagnostics Therapy Lower GI cancers...

...Arne Kandulski; Lukas Moleda; Martina Müller-Schilling Summary Background: Due to the high prevalence and incidence of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), the diagnostic workup of patients with symptoms of GERD needs to be balanced between empiric antisecretory therapy and further...

... for the identification of appropriate candidates for neoadjuvant therapy. Colorectal cancer Colon cancer Screening Diagnostics Colonoscopy Staging Colorectal cancer is the most frequent malignant disease of the gastrointestinal tract, the third most common cancer in men (746,000 cases, 10% of all cancers...

... are obtained [ 22 ], a minimum of eight biopsies should be taken from the margins and the center of the lesion. An alternative is diagnostic mucosa resection [ 23 ]. 6 10 2015 © 2015 S. Karger GmbH, Freiburg 2015 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part...

...Peter M. Keller; Marko H. Weber Background: Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are increasingly important in patients with antibiotic treatments, ranging from mild, self-limiting to severe, life-threatening disease. Currently, diagnostic algorithms and treatment guidelines are being adapted...