[Long-term survival after curative resection for oesophageal and cardia cancer].

Introduction: We present the long-term survival after curative resection for cancer at the gastro-oesophageal junction.

Material And Methods: From 1992 through 2003, 147 patients with cancer at the gastro-oesophageal junction underwent curative resection. Preoperative evaluation included a computed tomography (CT) scan of the thorax and abdomen, gastroscopy, endoscopic ultrasonography and ultrasonography of the neck.

[Is screening of wireless capsule endoscopies by non-physicians feasible?].

Introduction: Reading a wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) may be time-consuming. In order to reduce the time needed by a physician to view a WCE, we investigated if other medical professions could preview the video and detect bowel pathology in advance.

Materials And Methods: A specialist in gastroenterology and two laboratory technicians independently viewed 34 consecutive WCEs and noted all findings.

Guidelines for the management of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (including bronchopulmonary and thymic neoplasms). Part II-specific NE tumour types.

Part II of the guidelines contains a description of epidemiology, histopathology, clinical presentation, diagnostic procedure, treatment, and survival for each type of neuroendocrine tumour. We are not only including gastroenteropancreatic tumours but also bronchopulmonary and thymic neuroendocrine tumours. These guidelines essentially cover basic knowledge in the diagnosis and management of the different forms of neuroendocrine tumour.

Guidelines for the management of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (including bronchopulmonary and thymic neoplasms). Part I-general overview.

The incidence of neuroendocrine tumours of the gastroenteropancreatic system seems to have increased during the past decade. New diagnostic and therapeutic procedures have aroused the interest of physicians, though most see very few cases of such diseases. A group of members of the Nordic Neuroendocrine Tumour Group decided to compile some guidelines to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of patients with these tumours.

Histopathology of the gastric oxyntic mucosa in two different patient groups during long-term treatment with omeprazole.

Objectives: Hypochlorhydria, hypergastrinaemia, inflammation and Helicobacter pylori infection, dose and duration of omeprazole treatment may separately, or in combination, influence the proliferation of enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells and parietal cell changes in gastric mucosa. To assess the effects of these variables comparisons were carried out in patients with the acid related Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) versus patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

Methods: Twenty-five patients with PSS and 16 patients with ZES were included and received continuous omeprazole treatment for a mean of 7.