BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in males and the second in females, with an estimated 1.4 million cases and 693,900 deaths in 2012. Colonoscopy is the cornerstone for the detection and prevention of CRC. In addition, endoscopic treatment for CRC at an early stage can effectively improve patients' quality of life and cure rate. SUMMARY This review...

colorectal lymphoma is an extremely rare disease, representing less than 0.5% of all primary colorectal neoplasms. the disease is usually diagnosed in the advanced stages because of its primary non-specific symptoms. the most common involved site is cecum followed by rectum and ascending colon. diffuse large b-cell lymphoma is a more frequent subtype. although surgical resection is often techni...

AIM To evaluate the usefulness of total colonoscopy (TCS) for patients undergoing gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and to assess risk factors for colorectal neoplasms. METHODS Of the 263 patients who underwent ESD at our department between May 2010 and December 2013, 172 patients undergoing TCS during a one-year period before and after ESD were targeted. After excluding patients...

Objectives. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a promising technique to treat early colorectal neoplasms by facilitating en bloc resection without size limitations. Although ESD for early gastrointestinal epithelial neoplasms has been popular in Japan, clinical experience with colorectal ESD has been rarely reported in Taiwan. Methods. From March 2006 to December 2011, 92 consecutive pat...

Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is one of the most common malignant neoplasms with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cancer stem cell hypotheses have gathered attention to their molecular progression. CD44, a marker, reported be more concentrated in premalignant cells. We aimed study prognostic therapeutic utility CD 44 colorectal adenoma low/high-grade dysplasia its correlation clinico...

background colorectal cancer (crc) is the third most common cancer in iran and its early detection is necessary. this study is based on perception of people in the east of iran toward crc screening.   methods in a cross-sectional study, 1060 randomly selected individuals who referred to razavi hospital of mashhad, iran, between september the 1st, 2012 and february the 28th, 2013 as patients or ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Commercially available sodium hyaluronate solutions are usually too thick to inject through catheters and need dilution with normal saline (NS) before use, which increases the risk of contamination. We evaluated the usefulness of ready-to-use 0.4% sodium hyaluronate, Endo-Ease (EE; UNIMED Pharm. Inc., Seoul, Korea). METHODS We performed a prospective multicenter randomized stu...

AIM To study cancer hotspot mutations by next-generation sequencing (NGS) in stool DNA from patients with different gastrointestinal tract (GIT) neoplasms. METHODS Stool samples were collected from 87 Finnish patients diagnosed with various gastric and colorectal neoplasms, including benign tumors, and from 14 healthy controls. DNA was isolated from stools by using the PSP® Spin Stool DNA Plu...

BACKGROUND Colonoscopy is used for early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer, but evidence on the magnitude of overall protection and protection according to anatomical site through colonoscopy performed in the community setting is sparse. We assessed whether receiving a colonoscopy in the preceding 10-year period, compared with no colonoscopy, was associated with prevalence of advanc...