MicroRNAs in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: What Is New in Diagnosis and Treatment.

Introduction: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) accounts for up to 80% of thyroid malignancies. New diagnostic and therapeutic options are suggested including innovative molecular methods. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are nonprotein coding single-stranded RNAs that regulate many cell processes.

What are the real rates of temporary hypoparathyroidism following thyroidectomy? It is a matter of definition: a systematic review.

Introduction: Post-operative hypoparathyroidism is the most encountered complication of thyroid surgery and is classified as temporary or permanent. However, its incidence varies greatly in the literature ranging from 0.5% to 65%.

Laparoscopic hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy as adjuvant modality following radical surgery for advanced rectal cancer a new look to an old problem.

Background/aims: The benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy for colorectal cancer has been well accepted over the last decade. Published data so far has been focused in the direction of giving the right chemotherapy dose, schedule, and combinations, in order to increase the efficacy and decrease the toxicity.

Methodology: Eighty-seven patients with histological proved stage III rectal carcinoma were subjected to a combined adjuvant modality using laparoscopic heperthermic endoperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and systemic chemotherapy twenty days following the initial surgery.

Helicobacter pylori infection upregulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression and induces angiogenesis in gastric mucosa of dyspeptic patients.

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection induces nitric acid (NO) overproduction through inducible NO synthase (NOS) expression, subsequent DNA damage and enhanced antiapoptosis signal transduction sequence in the human gastric mucosa, whereas its possible effect on endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression has not as yet been investigated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of H.

Acute pancreatitis as a possible consequence of metronidazole during a relapse of ulcerative colitis.

We present the first case of metronidazole-related acute pancreatitis during a relapse of ulcerative colitis. A 31-year-old male patient, with inflammatory bowel disease on mesalamine treatment for the last 5 months, suffered from a 48-h abdominal pain and nausea. He was also administered metronidazole during a relapse 5 days before.