Editorial, v. 04, n. 08, nov. 2018

Deutsche Nationalbibliografie 2018 B 08

04. Editorial

lance. Furthermore, tumor tissue seems to have little immunogenic power. However, a variable proportion of lymphocytic infiltration may be identified in tumors, and colorectal cancer is an example of a tumor with considerable T-cell infiltration overall, which seems to be associated with a better prognosis (1,2). In fact, in both human gastric and human rectal cancers, infiltrating lymphocytes ...

04. Editorial

tomy performed nearly 20 years ago has favored the performance of increasingly aggressive procedures to reduce surgical trauma and improve quality of life during the postoperative period of time (1,2). The management of gastric cancer could not escape this trend, and various minimally invasive technical options have been currently described – early-stage endoscopic mucosal resection, partial re...

04. Editorial

played an increasingly relevant role in the diagnosis and management of esophageal, gastric, duodenal, colonic, biliary, and pancreatic conditions. The small bowel seemed out of reach, much too far from our entry doors –the mouth and the anus. The paradigm regarding this frustrating situation was obscure upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Up to 5% of patients with gastrointestinal bleeding were –...

04. Editorial Noguera Aguilar

and mortality rates, as well as the expenditure it gives rise to. It is the most common gastrointestinal cancer in Western Europe and the United States, and the second leading cause of death in the Western world (1). It is the third most incident neoplasm (after prostate and lung cancer in males, and breast and lung cancer in females), with an incidence of 147,000 new cases and a mortality of 5...