When it comes to bladder cancer, it’s important to note the differences between muscle-invasive and non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, as it can affect the staging of the cancer. The “stage” (spread) ...

Correspondence to Dr Guy E Boeckxstaens, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing; Translational Research Center for GastroIntestinal Disorders, Intestinal Neuroimmune Interactions, ...

Background: Abdominal surgery results in a molecular and cellular inflammatory response in the intestine, leading to postoperative ileus. It was hypothesised that resident macrophages within the ...

aDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium bDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, ...

Cystoscopic evaluation identified a large bladder tumor on the right lateral/posterior wall. August 2013: Transurethral resection of bladder tumor identified high grade papillary urothelial carcinoma ...

MIBC requires a multimodal treatment approach, with radical cystectomy as the gold standard and bladder-sparing options for select patients. Adjuvant immunotherapies, such as nivolumab and ...

In a series of 19 examples of benign stricture of the colon in patients with chronic ulcerative colitis insufficient fibrosis was found in the resected specimens to account for the narrowing.

Frozen section showed that it consisted of a double-lumened structure, with a common muscularis, lined by biliary epithelium on one side and gastric mucosa on the other. Recognition of this as a ...

Multiparametric MRI of the bladder is highly accurate in the detection and local staging of bladder cancer. The Vesical Imaging Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) scoring system has improved the ...

Gut dysmotility is common after ischemic stroke, but the mechanism underlying this response is unknown. Under homeostasis, gut motility is regulated by the neurons of ...

Investigators at the Cleveland Clinic are exploring the possibility that blocking "creeping fat" may in the future help to reduce stricture formation in Crohn's disease, as described at the annual ...