Objective The omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) has
anticolorectal cancer activity in vitro and in preclinical models. The present study tested whether a …

Background & Aims: Aminosalicylates are widely used in the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC).
Balsalazide is a novel mesalamine prodrug, activated by colonic bacteria. The aim of …

… Heald RJ, Leicester RJ, The low stapled anastomosis. Dis Colon Rectum 1981:24:437-444. …
440 HEALD AND LEICESTER September t981 … Heald RJ. Towards fewer colostomies/the …

One hundred patients with non-prolapsing and one hundred with prolapsing haemorrhoids
were allocated to receive conventional treatment (CT) by injection sclerotherapy or rubber …

Worldwide diagnoses of bowel cancer approximate an estimated one million new cases per
year, comprising 9% of all cancer cases, and this has continued to increase over the last 25 …

Background and aims Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil exert a protective effect on the development
of colorectal cancer in animal models. Patients with colorectal adenomas have been …

Colorectal cancer is a disease with a high mortality at present, due to the late stage at which
many cases present. Attention is therefore focusing on preventative strategies for colorectal …

A dedicated digestive disease endoscopy unit is structurally and functionally differentiating
rapidly as a result of increasing diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities in the last 10–20 …

Many methods, which have effectively reduced the number of patients requiring hospital
admisssion, have been described for the outpatient treatment of hemorrhoids. However, …

During a study of gastric secretion four out of six previously healthy subjects developed
hypochlorhydria after a transient illness with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Mean basal …