Berardino Tardio

TL;DR: The aims of this study were to verify the value of known prognostic factors and to devise a prognostic index more sensitive than the commonly used Okuda stage, and to produce a new prognostic system that accounts for both liver function and tumor characteristics.

TL;DR: Laparoscopic myotomy is as safe as BoTx treatment and is a 1-shot treatment that cures achalasia in most patients and BoTx should be reserved for patients who are unfit for surgery or as a bridge to more effective therapies, such as surgery or endoscopic dilation.

TL;DR: A 37-year-old man, previously submitted to colectomy for ulcerative pancolitis unresponsive to medical therapy, presented with nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain, and bloody diarrhea as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Overall and event-free survival rates were similar in all three arms, and the combined regimen was no better than either single regimen alone.

TL;DR: Preoperative radiotherapy with intermediate dose/duration and interval between radiotherapy and surgery achieves high local control in patients with cT3NxM0 rectal cancer, and high DR rate seems to be the major limitation to improved survival.