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... Internal Medicine > Chapter 87. Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer: Introduction The gastrointestinal tract is the second most common noncutaneous site for cancer and ... adenocarcinomas behave clinically like gastric adenocarcinoma and now account for >60% of esophageal cancers. Chapter 087. Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer (Part 1) Harrison's Internal ... Worldwide, the incidence of esophageal cancer varies strikingly. It occurs frequently within a geographic region extending from the southern shore of the Caspian Sea on the west to northern China on...

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... reductions in the size of measurable tumor masses have been reported in 15–25% of patients given single-agent treatment and in 30–60% of patients treated with drug combinations that include cisplatin. ... fistulas, subphrenic infiltrated with cancer. Dysphagia may be associated with pain on swallowing (odynophagia), pain radiating to the chest and/or back, regurgitation or vomiting, and aspiration ... normal mucosal pattern, esophageal carcinomas show ragged, ulcerating changes in the mucosa in association with deeper infiltration, producing a picture resembling achalasia. Smaller, potentially...

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... gastric mucosa by intestinal-type cells. This process of intestinal metaplasia may lead to cellular atypia and eventual neoplasia. Since the declining incidence of gastric cancer in the United ... may be involved in these two subtypes. In the United States, ~30% of gastric cancers originate in the distal stomach, ~20% arise in the midportion of the stomach, and ~37% originate in the ... pernicious anemia develop in the elderly. Serial endoscopic examinations of Chapter 087. Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer (Part 3) Tumors of the Stomach Gastric Adenocarcinoma Incidence and Epidemiology...

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... 17 29 carcinogens. A germline mutation in the E-cadherin gene, inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern and coding for a cell adhesion protein, has been linked to a high incidence of occult ... cause-and-effect relationship are unconvincing. The inadequate clinical distinction between benign gastric ulcers and small ulcerating carcinomas may, in part, account for this presumed association. ... diffuse lesions originating in the cardia. There are no early physical signs. A palpable abdominal mass indicates long-standing growth and predicts regional extension. Gastric carcinomas spread...

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... 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was given in combination with radiation therapy. In this clinical setting, the 5-FU may be functioning as a radiosensitizer. The administration of combinations of cytotoxic drugs ... lymphoma has increased in frequency during the past 30 years. The disease is difficult to distinguish clinically from gastric adenocarcinoma; both tumors are most often detected during the sixth ... gastric carcinoma has been associated with partial responses in 30–50% of cases; responders appear to benefit from treatment. Such drug combinations have generally included cisplatin combined with...

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... sunitinib (Sutent), another inhibitor of the c- kit tyrosine kinase. Colorectal Cancer Incidence Cancer of the large bowel is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in the ... polypoid lesion in the large bowel contains invasive cancer is related to the size of the polyp, being negligible (<2%) in lesions <1.5 cm, intermediate (2–10%) in lesions 1.5–2.5 cm in size, ... tumorigenesis. It remains uncertain whether the genetic aberrations always occur in a defined order. Based on this model, however, cancer is believed to develop only in those polyps in which most (if...

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... prevalence of obesity. Obese persons develop insulin resistance with increased circulating levels of insulin, leading to higher circulating concentrations of insulin-like growth factor type I (IGF-I). ... animal fats found in red meats and processed meat leads to an increased proportion of anaerobes in the gut microflora, resulting in the conversion of normal bile acids into carcinogens. This provocative ... incidence and mortality rates for colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer has increased in Japan since that nation has adopted a more "western" diet. At least three Chapter 087. Gastrointestinal...

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... of the entire bowel while retaining the anal sphincter. Medical therapy with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as sulindac and cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors such as celecoxib ... syndrome Small and large intestines, Hamart oma Rare Mucocutan eous pigmentation; an inadequate screening maneuver. An alternative method for identifying carriers is testing DNA from peripheral ... Testing for occult blood in the stool is syndrome and small intestines a on fibromas, lipomas, epidermoid cysts, ampullary cancers, congenital hypertrophy of retinal pigment epithelium...

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... or endometrial cancer may identify probands with HNPCC. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Chap. 289) Large-bowel cancer is increased in incidence in patients with long-standing inflammatory bowel ... 087. Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer (Part 9) Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC), also known as Lynch syndrome, is another autosomal dominant ... immunohistochemical staining of paraffin- fixed tissue for "microsatellite instability" (sequence changes reflecting defective mismatch repair) in patients under age 50 with colorectal cancer and...

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... as salsolinol [23]. In line with the suggested role of ADHs and ALDHs in protection against toxic insults, mRNAs encoding these enzymes have previously been identified in tissues forming a physiological ... mRNA species in the brain led us to the hypothesis that one cause of PD could be defects in the defense systems against toxic aldehydes in the gastrointestinal tract. We investigated cellular expression ... whereas corresponding rat tis- sues show expression only in duodenum, colon and rectum. In both mouse and rat, Adh4 is found in the epithelial lining of upper GI tract including the tongue, esophagus...

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... 90% being squamous in origin. Like cervical cancer, vulvar cancer is most frequently found in women 65 to 75 years old, but 15% occur in women under 40. 5 In this latter group, vulvar cancer ... ovari- an and cervical cancer, affect one in 37, one in 70, and one in 100 women, respectively. 1 The remain- ing gynecologic cancers—vulva, vagina and fal- lopian tube—occur very infrequently (Table ... treatment New Developments in Upper and Lower Genital Tract Cancer Unique to the gynecologic cancers are the direct elements of sexuality, fertil- ity and femininity. The family physician is integral to helping patients...

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... and protein expression were investigated in rat gastrointestinal tissue homogenates by enzymatic and Western blot analyses. In addition, sections of adult rat gastrointestinal tract were examined by in ... predominant in the intestine but also present in stomach. Both enzymes were detected in mucosa but, in general, ADH4 was found in outer cell layers, lining the lumen, while ADH1 was detected in ... ethanol-metabolizing ADHs in the digestive tract tissues of adult rat. In previous reports, ADH1 was, in general, undetected in upper digestive organs, including stomach while ADH4 was not found in several intestinal...

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