Vol 3, No 2 (April 27, 2014): Translational Gastrointestinal Cancer

Editorial

Laparoscopic total gastrectomy with spleen-preserving splenic hilar (No. 10) lymph node dissection for gastric cancer is still a challenging procedure
Hoon Hur
PDF Pages: 60-61 Full Text (3292) Open Access

Commentary

Commentary: randomized controlled trial of cetuximab plus chemotherapy for patients with KRAS wild-type unresectable colorectal liver-limited metastases
Satoshi Matsusaka
PDF Pages: 62-63 Full Text (2752) Open Access
Lactate dehydrogenase acetylation adds another piece to the puzzle of metabolic reprogramming in pancreatic cancer
Rocco Sciarrillo, Filippo Minutolo, Godefridus J. Peters, Elisa Giovannetti
PDF Pages: 64-66 Full Text (3931) Open Access

Featured Article

Research on microRNAs leads to new frontiers of clinical and translational relevance for gastric cancer management
Valeria Canu, Giovanni Blandino, Laura Lorenzon
PDF Pages: 67-72 Full Text (4902) Open Access

Original Article

Re-irradiation in recurrent rectal cancer: single institution experience
Rasha Mohammad Abdel Latif, Ghada E. El-Adawei, Wael El-Sada
PDF Pages: 73-79 Full Text (5216) Open Access

Review Article

Genomic instability in obesity-associated colon cancer
Jiezhong Chen, Ming-Tat Ling, Renfu Shao
PDF Pages: 90-97 Full Text (6518) Open Access
Recent advances in endoscopic management of gastrointestinal cancers
Maria Grazia Mancino, Marco Bianchi, Virginia Festa, Maurizio Koch, Angelo Dezi
PDF Pages: 80-89 Full Text (9124) Open Access

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Column

The expression level of Myeloid differentiation factor 88 might be a significant biomarker for the prognosis of HCC patients
Yasuteru Kondo, Tooru Shimosegawa
PDF Pages: 98-99 Full Text (1730) Open Access
Midkine as a new diagnostic tool in hepatocellular carcinoma
Jean-Charles Nault
PDF Pages: 100-102 Full Text (2866) Open Access
Serum biomarkers for early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma
Peipei Song, Wei Tang, Norihiro Kokudo
PDF Pages: 103-105 Full Text (7655) Open Access

Case Report

An unusual pancreatic mass: a case report and literature review
Ranjita Pallavi, Pavan Mahendra Ravella, Andrea Popescu-Martinez
PDF Pages: 106-110 Full Text (6040) Open Access