Gastrointestinal malignancies cancer treatment and research by david bentrem 2016 english pdf read online 131 mb download editors bentrem david benson al b eds assesses current treatments for the various malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract describes the state of the art in radiologic and endoscopic staging discusses novel and evolving treatments this book . Gastrointestinal malignancies cancer treatment and research 168 1st ed 2016 edition by david bentrem editor al b benson editor isbn 13 978 3319342429. Gastrointestinal malignancy and the microbiome microbial species participate in the genesis of a substantial number of malignancies in conservative estimates at least 15 of all cancer cases are attributable to infectious agents little is known about the contribution of the gastrointestinal microbiome to the development of malignancies. The thoracic and gastrointestinal gi malignancies branch 1 conducts innovative laboratory research that is focused on a better understanding of the biology of thoracic and gastrointestinal gi cancers 2 directs pre clinical studies to identify and validate novel targets for these cancers 3 conducts clinical trials of new therapies to treat patients with thoracic and gi cancers who have failed standard treatments 4 provides medical oncology care for patients with thoracic and gi . A lower risk of mortality after diagnosis of gi cancer was observed for patients treated with noacs compared to those treated with warfarin because noacs were available in taiwan only after 2012 it is possible that treatments of gi cancers have improved and survival is better than in the warfarin only era before 2012 even if we only compared the risk of mortality between patients treated with warfarin and noacs from 2012 2015 the risk of mortality still was lower for patients with gi