The objective of this study is to evaluate the predictive value of oesophageal dilatation on the HRCT scan for the diagnosis of SSc. Methods: In total, 105 consecutive patients with scleroderma and ...

Oesophageal cancer is a malignancy of the oesophagus or food pipe . It is a rare malignancy. Nearly all oesophageal cancer are squamous cell carcinomas (cancer arising from the flat cells of ...

You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. A systematic review of the epidemiology of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) has been ...

A recent survey, commissioned by the Oesophageal Cancer Fund (OCF), has revealed that nearly 1 in 3 men in Ireland are unaware of Oesophageal Cancer. It also shows a significant misunderstanding of ...

2 Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA 3 Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer ...

Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US) or ...

An abdominopelvic CT was organised with intravenous contrast in portal venous phase which showed marked dilatation of the stomach ... connecting tube passed through the gastric wall at the lesser ...

Presence of lower oesophagal dysmotility was defined by either manometry or evidence on chest CT of lower oesophagal dilatation. Axial myopathy was characterised by weakness of the paraspinal muscles ...

Chest radiotherapy (XRT) plays a crucial role in the treatment of a multitude of cancers including breast, lung, esophageal, and lymphoma. Although XRT enhances cancer survival rates, it may also ...

Dr C F A Pantin, Department of Respiratory Medicine, City General University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST4 6QG, UK; ...

41 St. Joseph's Health Care London and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Objective The 1980 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for systemic sclerosis ...