Background A new manometric classification of esophageal achalasia has recently been
proposed that also suggests a correlation with the final outcome of treatment. The aim of this …

Most patients with advanced solid cancers exhibit features of cachexia, a debilitating syndrome
characterized by progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. Because the …

A large body of biomedical evidence indicates that activation of Nrf2 by curcumin increases
the nucleophilic tone and damps inflammation cumulatively supporting the malignant …

Background Simultaneous occurrence of exocrine and neuroendocrine tumors of the
pancreas is very infrequent. We report a patient with an endocrine tumor in the pancreatic-…

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), tumors characterized by c-KIT mutations, are the
most frequent mesenchymal tumors of the digestive tract. The stomach is the most commonly …

Objective: Aim of this study was to evaluate whether delayed surgery after neoadjuvant
chemoradiotherapy (CRT) affects postoperative outcomes in patients with locally advanced …

The study examined the effect of four training systems on the adaptation of Pinot noir in the
Friuli hills (northeastern Italy). Simple Guyot, double Guyot, horizontal spurred cordon, and …

… Just before perfusion, an additional 700 g of sodium sulfite and 300 ml of formalin were
added to the embalming mixture. The final concentration of formaldehyde in Thiel solution is …

Background: The potassium channel encoded by the ether-a-gogo-related gene 1A (erg1a)
has been detected in the atrophying skeletal muscle of mice experiencing either muscle …

… ITP spleens had a mean weight of 141.4 g (range: 64-290 g) and accessory spleens
were present in 8/23 (34.8%) cases. Nodular or cystic lesions were absent in all cases. …