Credit: Getty Images A 29-year-old man undergoes a total proctocolectomy with end-to-end ileostomy after 2 years of surveillance for ulcerative colitis. A 29-year-old White man presents in May 2023 ...

High grade dysplasia means that there are severely abnormal cells in the inner lining of the oesophagus. This is sometimes called stage 0. The high grade dysplasia is only in the top layer of cells ...

Three different medical conditions can cause abnormal areas in the mouth or throat. They are harmless to begin with but, if left untreated, can turn into cancer in a small number of people. They are: ...

Those are the findings from new research conducted by Perth medical experts, and it could soon transform the diagnostic landscape for healthcare workers. About one in 100 infants worldwide are ...

Correspondence to: Dr S Mansour, South-West Thames Regional Genetic Service, St George’s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London SW17 0RE, UK; smansour{at}sghms.ac.uk Five patients ...

1 School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China 2 Pediatric Epilepsy Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China ...

BACKGROUND Use of the conventional Western and Japanese classification systems of gastrointestinal epithelial neoplasia results in large differences among pathologists in the diagnosis of oesophageal, ...

Precancerous cells are not cancer, but they can turn into cancer if not monitored or treated. Routine screenings are key to identifying many precancerous cells. Many precancerous cells do not become ...

Scoliosis is a common spine condition often found in adolescents. Roughly 3 million new cases of the condition are diagnosed in the United States each year, with a majority of them identified as ...

Intestinal metaplasia, a precancerous condition, can increase stomach cancer risk six-fold. Infection with Helicobacter pylori is a common cause of both peptic ulcers and intestinal metaplasia.