It was Valentine's Day when my world turned upside down. I was on a half-term break in Suffolk with my children. We were ...

Prostate cancer that has become resistant to hormone therapy could be treated using a new drug that is currently in clinical trials for ovarian and bile duct cancer, according to research ...

Diagnosis was confirmed by autopsy or needle biopsy of the liver in 8 cases ... histologic changes of fatty metamorphosis, bile-duct proliferation, hepatic-cell necrosis and the presence of ...

However, liver biopsy is invasive and in many instances reluctantly used by physicians and patients. Now, after many years of evaluation, the noninvasive technique of vibration-controlled ...

Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, State Key Laboratory for Digestive Health, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Disease, Beijing ...

Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures without demonstrable mass on ultrasonography (US ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a progressive scarring of the liver's bile ...

Lung biopsy is a relatively frequently performed procedure with considerable benefit for patient management but it may, on rare occasions, result in the death of the patient. It is a multidisciplinary ...

Bile acids (BAs) as cholesterol-derived molecules play an essential role in some physiological processes such as nutrient absorption, glucose homeostasis and regulation of energy expenditure. They are ...

As noted above, in suspected MPE, histological analysis of pleural tissue obtained via biopsy is typically required to guide oncological treatment. The most commonly used pleural biopsy techniques ...