Nanomedicine and contrast enhanced imaging. Applications in cancer diagnosis and therapy.

Objective: Nanotechnology and its applications in medicine made us live a new era of healthcare, particularly in oncology. The objective of this paper is to review the contribution of nanotechnology in clinical use of contrast agents for gastrointestinal cancer diagnosis and follow-up and to offer an overview of the impact of nanotechnology in the management of cancer.

Materials And Methods: In this regard, we reviewed the main areas of expertise where nanotechnology has contributed to the improvement of diagnostic methods (CE-US, CE-CT, MRI), along with the therapeutic applications that nanoparticles can have.

Rectal cancer: factors predicting short outcomes after radical anterior resection.

Aim: This study analyzes risk factors implicated in postoperative complications and mortality after anterior resection in rectal cancer.

Material And Methods: A total number of 378 patients with anterior rectal resection, diagnosed with rectal cancer and admitted at the IIIrd Surgery Clinic, "Octavian Fodor" Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Romania, between 2009 and 2016. The inclusion criteria were anterior rectal resections with curative visa for rectal cancer.