A 65-year-old previously well man presented with 3 weeks of generalised abdominal pain and diarrhoea up to three times per day after overseas travel. White cell count (9.6×106/L) and C-reactive ...

Correspondence to Professor Peter R Gibson, Department of Gastroenterology, Monash University and Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia; Peter.gibson{at}monash.edu Reasons behind such ...

Background Complications of endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of large colorectal polyps remain a concern. Objective We aimed to compare safety and efficacy of cold EMR (without electrocautery) to ...

Objectives To provide updated estimates of the global burden of oesophageal and gastric cancer by subsite and type. Methods Using data from population-based cancer registries, proportions of ...

Correspondence to Dr Samir Gupta, Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA; s1gupta{at}health.ucsd.edu Objective Young-onset ...

Objective Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) is a well-studied but hotly contested medical intervention of enhanced infection control. Here, we aim to characterise the changes to ...

Background Intestinal fibrosis resulting in stricture formation and obstruction in Crohn’s disease (CD) and increased wall stiffness leading to symptoms in ulcerative colitis (UC) is among the largest ...

Objectives The incidence of gastric cancer continues to decrease globally, approaching levels that in some populations could define it as a rare disease. To explore this on a wider scale, we predict ...

Correspondence to Dr Feng Sun, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China; sunfeng{at}bjmu.edu.cn SS and QY contributed equally.

Objective Follow-up studies have shown that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with an increased risk of incident diabetes, but currently, it is uncertain whether this risk ...

Objective We performed a meta-analysis of observational studies to quantify the magnitude of the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and risk of extrahepatic cancers. Design ...

Correspondence to Dr Long Jin, Interventional Radiology, Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China; longerg{at}hotmail.com A hospital-based ...