BACKGROUND There is a controversy regarding the use of gastric pouch for benign and malignant bladder diseases. OBJECTIVES The aim of this retrospective study was to report our experience, mostly on gastric neobladder (not gastrocystoplasty) for benign and malignant bladder diseases, its complications, outcomes and follow-up results. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective case series, ...

Obesity is an important public health problem worldwide. It increases the risk of many chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Meanwhile, obesity is a major risk factor for several types of cancer including gastric cancer. Possible mechanisms linking obesity with gastric cancer may include obesity associated gastro-oesophageal reflux, insulin resistance, altered levels of...

AIM To explore hereditability of gastric cancer in Wuwei city. METHODS A case-control study was used to investigate 251 gastric cancer families located in Wuwei city. Li-Mantel-Gan and Falconer regression methods were used to calculate segregation ratios and hereditability. RESULTS The segregation ratio in Wuwei families was 0.0774, the hereditability of class I kinfolks and class II kinfol...

Helicobacter pylori is probably the commonest bacterial infection worldwide and is now accepted as the cause of gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric carcinoma, and gastric lymphoma. In the last few years, besides the local gasteroduodenal tissue damage, an association between H.pylori and various extra-intestinal pathologies had been described. Recent studies have suggested that H.pylori infection ...

INTRODUCTION Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection affects approximately half of the world’s population. Unless eradicated, it remains in the stomach throughout life. After 1983, discovery of H. pylori as persistent resident of gastric mucosa, changed the traditional thoughts and perspectives regarding (i) having sterile stomach lifelong, (ii) infectious potential links existence with vario...

In view of the anomalous expression of blood group and related antigens in the gastric mucosae of patients with malignant and premalignant diseases of the stomach, and the potential clinical value of their measurement, a preliminary study has been performed on the blood group antigens A, B, H, Lea, Leb, and I(Ma) in glycoprotein rich extracts of the resting and tetragastrin stimulated gastric j...

Helicobacter pylori causes chronic gastric inflammation and significantly increases the risk of duodenal and gastric ulcer disease and distal gastric carcinoma. In this study, we evaluated the Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genotypes in patients from a Brazilian region where there is a high prevalence of gastric cancer. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to investigate vacA mosaicism a...

In view of the anomalous expression of blood group and related antigens in the gastric mucosae of patients with malignant and premalignant diseases of the stomach, and the potential clinical value of their measurement, a preliminary study has been performed on the blood group antigens A, B, H, Lea, Leb, and I(Ma) in glycoprotein rich extracts of the resting and tetragastrin stimulated gastric j...