Patients with functional diarrhea experience lactose intolerance more often than healthy individuals. Is small intestinal bacterial overgrowth the culprit? Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Patients who need an esophagectomy should probably opt for a high-volume region, investigators said at the Society of Surgical Oncology 63rd Annual Cancer Symposium. Reuters Health Information
Might a minimally invasive combination therapy of ERCP and ESWL avoid major pancreatic surgery in the majority of patients with pancreatic duct stones? Southern Medical Journal
Liver resection does not benefit patients with colorectal liver metastases if their celiac or para-aortic regional lymph nodes are involved, even if the disease responds to preoperative chemotherapy. Reuters Health Information
Guanylyl cyclase C (GCC), a protein restricted to the intestinal mucosa, induces an immunotherapeutic response against metastatic colorectal cancer, according to a report in the July 2nd Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Reuters Health Information
