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International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Issue 2/2011

Content (22 Articles)

Review

Signet-ring cell carcinoma of colorectum—current perspectives and molecular biology

Vinod Gopalan, Robert Anthony Smith, Yik-Hong Ho, Alfred King-Yin Lam

Review

Human papillomavirus and colorectal cancer: evidences and pitfalls of published literature

Laura Lorenzon, Mario Ferri, Emanuela Pilozzi, Maria Rosaria Torrisi, Vincenzo Ziparo, Deborah French

Original Article

Predictive value of VEGF gene polymorphisms for metastatic colorectal cancer patients receiving first-line treatment including fluorouracil, irinotecan, and bevacizumab

Vincenzo Formica, Raffaele Palmirotta, Girolamo Del Monte, Annalisa Savonarola, Giorgia Ludovici, Maria Laura De Marchis, Italia Grenga, Michele Schirru, Fiorella Guadagni, Mario Roselli

Original Article

Preoperative intensified radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer: experience of a single institution

Francesco Dionisi, Daniela Musio, Nicola Raffetto, Giovanni Codacci-Pisanelli, Eva Iannacone, Rossella Caiazzo, Enzo Banelli

Original Article

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy affects staging of colorectal liver metastasis—a comparison of PET, CT and intraoperative ultrasound

Johann Spatz, G. Holl, J. Sciuk, M. Anthuber, H. M. Arnholdt, B. Märkl

Open Access Original Article

Health-related quality of life and colorectal cancer-specific symptoms in patients with chemotherapy-refractory metastatic disease treated with panitumumab

Dawn Odom, Beth Barber, Lee Bennett, Marc Peeters, Zhongyun Zhao, James Kaye, Michael Wolf, Jeffrey Wiezorek

Original Article

Role of surgical resection in colorectal lung metastases: analysis of 137 patients

Piero Borasio, Mara Gisabella, Andrea Billé, Luisella Righi, Marina Longo, Marco Tampellini, Francesco Ardissone

Original Article

Simultaneous vs. staged resection for synchronous colorectal liver metastases: a metaanalysis

Jinggui Chen, Qingguo Li, Changjian Wang, Huiyan Zhu, Yingqiang Shi, Guangfa Zhao

Original Article

Impact of FDG PET/CT in the staging and the follow-up of anal carcinoma

Laetitia Vercellino, Françoise Montravers, Vincent de Parades, Virginie Huchet, Khaldoun Kerrou, Pierre Bauer, Emmanuel Touboul, Jean-Noël Talbot

Original Article

Advancement anoplasty and sacral nerve stimulation: an effective combination for radiation-induced anal stenosis

Noel N. Thin, Emma V. Carrington, Karyn Grimmer, Charles H. Knowles

Original Article

Clinicopathological characteristics and survival analysis of primary duodenal cancers: a 14-year experience in a tertiary centre in South China

Shenghong Zhang, Yi Cui, Bihui Zhong, Weiwei Xiao, Xiaorong Gong, Kang Chao, Minhu Chen

Original Article

Co-morbidity and postsurgical outcome in patients with perforated sigmoid diverticulitis

Mario H. Mueller, Martina Karpitschka, Bernhard Renz, Axel Kleespies, Michael S. Kasparek, Karl-Walter Jauch, Martin E. Kreis

Original Article

Treatment of the anastomotic complications in patients with Crohn's disease

Igors Iesalnieks, Alexandra Kilger, Barbara Kalisch, Florian Obermeier, Hans J. Schlitt, Ayman Agha

Case Report

Clostridium difficile infection of the small bowel—two case reports with a literature survey

Christoph Holmer, Urte Zurbuchen, Britta Siegmund, Ute Reichelt, Heinz J. Buhr, Jörg-Peter Ritz

Letter to the Editor

Ileal neuroendocrine carcinoma following restorative proctocolectomy for colonic adenocarcinoma in Crohn's disease

Domenico Bassi, Cesare Ruffolo, Marco Scarpa, Claudia Mescoli, Nicolò Bassi, Imerio Angriman

Letter to the Editor

Lumbar discitis after laparoscopic ventral rectopexy for rectal prolapse

Werner A. Draaisma, Marleen M. van Eijck, Jorn Vos, Esther C. J. Consten

Letter to the Editor

Cerebral venous thrombosis in inflammatory bowel disease: a case series

Ben Sassi Samia, Kallel Lamia, Nabli Fatma, Ben Romdhane Sawssen, Ellouze Rim, Zouari Mourad, Ben Romdhane Neila, Filali Azza, Hentati Fayçal

Letter to the Editor

Hemorrhagic colitis as the onset of Wegener’s granulomatosis

David Morchón-Simón, Juan Carlos Martín-Escudero

Letter to the Editor

Drug abuse, personality disorder, and colorectal metastases: when chemotherapy becomes an illusion and surgery cannot help any more

Georgios C. Sotiropoulos, Evangelos Tagkalos, Ernesto P. Molmenti, Ursula Gönner, Oliver Stoeltzing, Peter Mildenberger, Hauke Lang

Letter to the Editor

To predict and understand anal fissure healing

Mariusz Madalinski