BACKGROUND A cancer registry program has been established in East Azerbaijan and this has emphasized the importance of cancers of gastrointestinal tract in this region. The aim of the present pathology-based cancer registry report is to renew epidemiologic aspects of gastrointestinal tract cancers and estimate recent trends. MATERIALS AND METHODS A survey team reviewed and collected all recor...

INTRODUCTION South Asia is an enigma for gastric cancer, a low risk region with a contradictory high prevalence for Helicobacter pylori. PATIENTS AND METHODS To examine the demographics, pathology and trends of gastric cancer in Pakistan, epidemiological data of 335 gastric malignancies, registered at Karachi Cancer Registry (KCR) for Karachi South (KS), during 1st January 1995 to 31st Decemb...

Objective — to study the state of iodine supply in children with chronic gastroduodenal pathology.
 Materials and methods. The included 23 gastroduodenitis: 13 girls (56 %) 10 boys (43.5 aged 8 18 years. control group consisted 11 matched age sex. All patients underwent endoscopic examination upper digestive tract. H. pylori infection was tested a rapid urease breathing test «Helik‑test». ...

Gastric carcinoma remains a common disease worldwide with a dismal prognosis. Therefore, it represents a very important health problem. It occurs with a high incidence in Asia and is one of the leading causes of cancer death in the world. Although the incidence and mortality of gastric carcinoma are decreasing in many countries, gastric cancer still represents the second most frequent malignanc...

Abstract Introduction The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medicine is accelerating. Recently there have been significant advancements made its role upper GI endoscopy. Aim To assess current research questions exploring the AI diagnosing pathology at Method A scoping review studies published on PubMed over last 5 years using search string: (((artificial intelligence) OR AI)) AND (Gastrosc...

BACKGROUND Diagnostic performance of Diffusion-Weighted magnetic resonance Imaging (DWI) and Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) for TNM (Tumor, Lymph node, Metastasis) staging of gastric cancer was compared. PATIENTS AND METHODS We used axial T2-weighted images and DWI (b-0,400 and b-800 s/mm2) protocol on 51 pre-operative patients who had been diagnosed with gastric cancer. We also co...

Aim Recent studies have shown an increase in the incidence of gastric neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) (carcinoids). This may be attributable to the frequent employment of endoscopy in clinical practice and the increasing use of proton pump inhibitors. From the literature that is available, it is interesting to note that the profile of patients with gastric carcinoids is different in the Asian popu...

The following studies were commenced nearly three years ago, the end in view at that time being to ascertain, if possible, the effect induced on gastric function by a simple, mechanical narrowing of the pyloric orifice. In the course of numerous experiments to determine certain limits and variations of normal secretion, new questions arose, the solution of each of which appeared interesting in ...

Numerous patients use to refer to emergency rooms everyday due to abdominal pain all over the world. One of the rare conditions, among the several etiologies in these patients, is gastric volvulus. This pathology, which occurs via rotation of the stomach around its own axis more than 1800, may cause acute abdomen as well as may be asympthomatic [1]. Diaphragmatic hernia, which is suggested as a...