Mixed exocrine-endocrine tumor of the pancreas.

Context: Neoplasms of the pancreas usually show ductal, acinar or endocrine differentiation. Tumors with mixed exocrine and endocrine components are unusual. We herein describe a case of a mixed ductal-endocrine tumor.

Limy bile syndrome: review of seven cases.

Background: Milk of calcium bile or limy bile is a rare disorder in which the gall bladder is filled with a thick, paste-like, radiopaque material.

Methods: Seven patients with limy bile syndrome were treated in our department from 1980 to 2003. There were five women and two men, and their age ranged from 30 to 64 years.

A phase II study of capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX): a new first-line option in metastatic colorectal cancer.

Background: Capecitabine and oxaliplatin are both effective and well-tolerated monotherapies for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer (CRC). Oxaliplatin has also been shown to be very effective when combined with 5-FU/LV in the first-line setting.

Aim Of The Study: Assess the efficacy and safety of capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX) in patients with previously untreated advanced CRC.

Effect of early octreotide administration on the development of esophageal varices in cirrhotic rats.

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of chronic octreotide administration on the development of esophageal varices in rats being at the early stages of carbon tetrachloride-induced cirrhosis. For the development of liver cirrhosis and esophageal varices 96 rats underwent ligation of left adrenal vein followed by phenobarbital and carbon tetrachloride administration. After 2 weeks of carbon tetrachloride administration, rats were randomly separated into three groups.