We would like to thank Dr Ichimasa and colleagues for their comments on our recent publication reporting the 3-year ...

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium Correspondence to: Professor S Vermeire Department of Internal Medicine, Division of ...

Objective The correlation between cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) progression and bile is rarely studied. Here, we aimed to identify differential metabolites in benign and malignant bile ducts and elucidate ...

2 Department of Transplant Surgery, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK Correspondence to: Dr S J Middleton Unit E7, Department of Gastroenterology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 ...

2 Department of Gastroenterology, Leuven University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium. Correspondence to Professor Jan Tack, Department of Gastroenterology, Leuven University Hospital, Herestraat 49, Leuven ...

Objective Enhancer aberrations are beginning to emerge as a key epigenetic feature of colorectal cancers (CRC), however, a comprehensive knowledge of chromatin state patterns in tumour progression, ...

Correspondence to Dr Melina Arnold, Section of Cancer Surveillance, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, Lyon 69008, France; arnoldm{at}fellows.iarc.fr Objective The ...

4 Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Electron Microscopy, Centre for Research Innovation, Support and Policy (CRISP), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands ...

Background and aims: There is now good evidence from several sources that hypnotherapy can relieve the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in the short term. However, there is no long term data on ...

Background and aims: The incidence of gastric cancer in Japan is four times higher than in the UK. It usually arises in a stomach with corpus predominant or pangastritis that has undergone extensive ...

Objectives Perforation is the most serious complication associated with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). We propose a new classification for the appearance and integrity of the muscularis propria ...

Correspondence to: Dr G J Gores Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First St SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA; gores.gregorymayo.edu ...