Novel Diagnostic Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is still a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Less than half of cases are diagnosed when the cancer is locally advanced. CRC is a heterogenous disease associated with a number of genetic or somatic mutations.

The effect of visceral reception activation (water load test) on autonomic activity and gastric myoelectric activity in gastrointestinal malignancies.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of water load test (WLT) on heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure variability (BPV), hemodynamic parameters and gastric myoelectric activity in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients.

Background: WLT activates gastrointestinal mechanoreception and osmoreception, and hence, can indirectly modulate autonomic activity.

Methods: Eighty patients (mean age 61.

Changes in plasma levels of cholecystokinin, neurotensin, VIP and PYY in gastric and colorectal cancer - Preliminary results.

Physiological roles of enterohormones such as secretion, absorption and digestion were supported by clinical data. Overexpression of cholecystokinin (CCK), neurotensin (NT) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) receptors occur in gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies. The aim of the paper was to compare plasma levels of CCK, peptide YY (PYY), VIP and NT in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies and healthy controls.

Association between gastric myoelectric activity disturbances and dyspeptic symptoms in gastrointestinal cancer patients.

Purpose: Dyspeptic symptoms present a severe problem in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients. The aim of the study was to analyze an association between gastric myoelectric activity changes and dyspeptic symptoms in gastrointestinal cancer patients.

Material And Methods: The study included 80 patients (37 men and 43 women, mean age 61.