A 65-year-old previously well man presented with 3 weeks of generalised abdominal pain and diarrhoea up to three times per ...

Objective We assessed whether early-life diet quality and food intake frequencies were associated with subsequent IBD. Design Prospectively recorded 1-year and 3-year questionnaires in children from ...

Correspondence to Dr Jian Zhang, Institute of Immunopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Shandong, 250012, China; zhangj65{at}sdu.edu.cn Objective Chronic ...

Background Intestinal fibrosis resulting in stricture formation and obstruction in Crohn’s disease (CD) and increased wall stiffness leading to symptoms in ulcerative colitis (UC) is among the largest ...

Objective We performed a meta-analysis of observational studies to quantify the magnitude of the association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and risk of extrahepatic cancers. Design ...

Background Over a century ago, Virchow proposed that cancer represents a chronically inflamed, poorly healing wound. Normal wound healing is represented by a transitory phase of inflammation, followed ...

Correspondence to Dr Long Jin, Interventional Radiology, Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China; longerg{at}hotmail.com A hospital-based ...

Correspondence to Professor Robert JC Steele, Centre for Research into Cancer Prevention and Screening, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland DD1 9SY, UK; r.j.c.steele{at}dundee.ac.uk Objective ...

Correspondence to Dr Chun-Ming Wong, State Key Laboratory of Liver Research and Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; jackwong{at}pathology.hku.hk; Dr ...

7 East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, UK 8 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, UK Introduction The UK guidelines on liver transplantation for alcohol related cirrhosis require patients ...

Correspondence to Prof Dr Rinse K Weersma, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; r.k.weersma{at}umcg.nl Approximately 20% of the US ...