SP-0528: Immunobiology of gastro-intestinal tumours

Gastro-intestinal stromal tumours: a review of current management options.

Gastro-intestinal stromal tumours are uncommon malignancies of the gastro-intestinal tract, accounting for only 0.2% of all gastro-intestinal malignancies, but are the most common of abdominal sarcomas. Classically, they have been considered amenable only to early stage surgical intervention. Recent advances in targeted cancer therapies have led to the development of effective non-surgical trea...

summary gastro-intestinal manifestations of hyperthyroidism

summary gastro-intestinal manifestations of hyperthyroidism

Gastro-intestinal Obstruction

M.D. (Pp. xii + 566; figs. 415. 144s.) London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1958. THIS work covers every conceivable aspect of obstruction in the gastro-intestinal tract from the cesophagus to the anal canal in a truly encycloprdic manner. The book contains a tremendous amount of information and approximately 1,700 references in the bibliography. It is refreshing here to note that the authors incl...

Rabbit Gastro-intestinal Disease

Gastro-intestinal suction.

During recent years the many indications from reports in the surgical literature, and the reduction of the mortality from abdominal injuries of warfare, have indicated that gastro-intestinal suction can play a major role in reducing the mortality rate in a great number of surgical conditions. It is felt that although its value is well known to the majority of surgeons, there are many problems w...