• BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF HEPATOLOGY UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA 

  CHAGAS, Aline Lopes; MATTOS, Angelo Alves de; CARRILHO, Flair José; BITTENCOURT, Paulo Lisboa; VEZOZZO, Denise Cerqueira Paranaguá; HORVAT, Natally; ROCHA, Manoel de Souza; ALVES, Venâncio Avancini Ferreira; CORAL, Gabriela Perdomo; ALVARES-DA-SILVA, Mario Reis; BARROS, Fabio Marinho do Rego; MENEZES, Marcos Roberto; MONSIGNORE, Lucas Moretti; COELHO, Fabricio Ferreira; SILVA, Renato Ferreira da; SILVA, Rita de Cássia Martins Alves; BOIN, Ilka de Fatima Santana Ferreira; D`ALBUQUERQUE, Luiz Augusto Carneiro; GARCIA, José Huygens Parente; FELGA, Guilherme Eduardo Gonçalves; MOREIRA, Airton Mota; BRAGHIROLI, Maria Ignez Freitas Melro; HOFF, Paulo Marcelo Gehm; MELLO, Vivianne Barretto de; DOTTORI, Mariana Fonseca; BRANCO, Tiago Pugliese; SCHIAVON, Leonardo de Lucca; COSTA, Thaisa de Fátima Almeida (Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia e Outras Especialidades - IBEPEGE., 2020)

  ABSTRACT Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. The Brazilian Society of Hepatology (SBH) published in 2015 its first recommendations about the management of HCC. ...
• Gastric cancer molecular classification and adjuvant therapy: Is there a different benefit according to the subtype? 

  RAMOS, Marcus F. K. P.; PEREIRA, Marina A.; AMORIM, Larissa C.; MELLO, Evandro S. de; FARAJ, Sheila F.; JR, Ulysses Ribeiro; HOFF, Paulo M. G.; CECCONELLO, Ivan; CASTRIA, Tiago B. de (WILEY, HOBOKEN, USA, 2020)

  Background Gastric cancer (GC) has been defined in distinct molecular subtypes with different therapeutic implications. However, its clinical significance and prognosis regarding standard chemotherapy (CMT) remains unclear. ...
• Gut Microbiota Profile of Obese Diabetic Women Submitted to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Its Association with Food Intake and Postoperative Diabetes Remission 

  ASSAL, Karina Al; PRIFTI, Edi; BELDA, Eugeni; SALA, Priscila; CLEMENT, Karine; DAO, Maria-Carlota; DORE, Joel; LEVENEZ, Florence; TADDEI, Carla R.; FONSECA, Danielle Cristina; ROCHA, Ilanna Marques; BALMANT, Bianca Depieri; THOMAS, Andrew Maltez; SANTO, Marco A.; DIAS-NETO, Emmanuel; SETUBAL, Joao Carlos; ZUCKER, Jean-Daniel; BELARMINO, Giliane; TORRINHAS, Raquel Susana; WAITZBERG, Dan L. (MDPI, BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 2020)

  Gut microbiota composition is influenced by environmental factors and has been shown to impact body metabolism. Objective: To assess the gut microbiota profile before and after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and the ...
• Prognostic Value of Tumor Regression Grade Based on Ryan Score in Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma of Esophagus 

  TAKEDA, Flavio Roberto; TUSTUMI, Francisco; OBREGON, Carlos de Almeida; YOGOLARE, Gustavo Goncalves; NAVARRO, Yasmin Peres; SEGATELLI, Vanderlei; SALLUM, Rubens Antonio Aissar; RIBEIRO JUNIOR, Ulysses; CECCONELLO, Ivan (SPRINGER, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, 2020)

  Purposes Tumor regression grade (TRG) of the primary tumor after neoadjuvant therapy is one of the most sensitive prognostic factors among patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer, although no TRG system is fully ...
• Schistosomiasis Misleading Gastric Cancer Treatment 

  RAMOS, Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille; DUARTE, Vinicius Campos; PEREIRA, Marina Alessandra; CASTRIA, Tiago Biachi de; SCHMERLING, Claudia Kliemann; ZILBERSTEIN, Bruno; RIBEIRO-JUNIOR, Ulysses; CECCONELLO, Ivan (SPRINGER, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, 2020)
• Epidemiology of Liver Cancer in Latin America: Current and Future Trends 

  CARRILHO, Flair Jose; PARANAGUA-VEZOZZO, Denise Cerqueira; CHAGAS, Aline Lopes; ALENCAR, Regiane Saraiva de Souza Melo; FONSECA, Leonardo Gomes da (THIEME MEDICAL PUBL INC, NEW YORK, USA, 2020)

  Over 38,000 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are estimated to occur in Latin America annually. The region is characterized by sociocultural heterogeneity and economic disparities, which impose barriers in addressing ...
• Surveillance in inflammatory bowel disease: is chromoendoscopy the only way to go? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials 

  RESENDE, Ricardo Hannum; RIBEIRO, Igor Braga; MOURA, Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de; GALETTI, Facundo; ROCHA, Rodrigo Silva de Paula; BERNARDO, Wanderley Marques; SAKAI, Paulo; MOURA, Eduardo Guimaraes Hourneaux de (GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG, STUTTGART, GERMANY, 2020)

  Background and study aims Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) have higher risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). Guidelines recommend dysplasia surveillance with dye-spraying chromoendoscopy (DCE). The aim of this ...
• Preoperative risk score for prediction of long-term outcomes after hepatectomy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Report of a collaborative, international-based, external validation study 

  BRUSTIA, Raffaele; LANGELLA, Serena; KAWAI, Takayuki; FONSECA, Gilton Marques; SCHIELKE, Astrid; COLLI, Fabio; RESENDE, Vivian; FLERES, Francesco; ROULIN, Didier; LEYMAN, Paul; GIACOMONI, Alessandro; GRANGER, Benjamin; FARTOUX, Laetitia; CARLIS, Luciano De; DEMARTINES, Nicolas; SOMMACALE, Daniele; SANCHES, Marcelo Dias; PATRONO, Damiano; DETRY, Olivier; HERMAN, Paulo; OKUMURA, Shinya; FERRERO, Alessandro; SCATTON, Olivier (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, OXFORD, ENGLAND, 2020)

  Purpose: A preoperative risk score (PRS) to predict outcome of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma treated by liver surgery could be clinically relevant.To assess accuracy for broadly adoption, external validation ...
• The value of cellular components of blood in the setting of trimodal therapy for esophageal cancer 

  TUSTUMI, Francisco; TAKEDA, Flavio Roberto; VIYUELA, Mateus Silva; CRUZ JUNIOR, Jurandir Batista da; BRANDAO, Antonio Adolfo Guerra Soares; SALLUM, Rubens Antonio Aissar; RIBEIRO JUNIOR, Ulysses; CECCONELLO, Ivan (WILEY, HOBOKEN, USA, 2020)

  Background Inflammation status plays an important role in the natural history of malignancy. Consequently, hematological markers of systemic inflammation may predict prognosis in neoplasms. This study evaluated the value ...
• Adverse events of nucleos(t)ide analogues for chronic hepatitis B: a systematic review 

  FRAGA, Raquel Scherer de; VAISBERG, Victor Van; MENDES, Luiz Claudio Alfaia; CARRILHO, Flair Jose; ONO, Suzane Kioko (SPRINGER JAPAN KK, TOKYO, JAPAN, 2020)

  Nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) are the main drug category used in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) treatment. Despite the fact that NAs have a favourable safety profile, undesired adverse events (AEs) may occur during the treatment ...
• ASO Author Reflections: Evaluation of Tumor Regression After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Carcinoma-How to Do It? 

  TAKEDA, Flavio Roberto; TUSTUMI, Francisco; CECCONELLO, Ivan (SPRINGER, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, 2020)
• Comparative study of strategies to prevent esophageal and periesophageal injury during atrial fibrillation ablation 

  OLIVEIRA, Barbara D. de; OYAMA, Helena; HARDY, Carina A.; MELO, Sissy L. de; PISANI, Cristiano F.; CHOKR, Muhieddine O.; BALBO, Conrado; DARRIEUX, Francisco C. Costa; HACHUL, Denise T.; CHAVES, Dalton M.; ARTIFON, Everson L. de Almeida; CESTARI, Idagene A.; SAKAI, Paulo; I, Mauricio Scanavacca (WILEY, HOBOKEN, USA, 2020)

  Objective To compare the prevalence of esophageal and periesophageal thermal injury in patients undergoing radiofrequency (RF) atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation using 8 mm tip catheters during three different esophageal ...
• Outcomes of surgical treatment for patients with distal rectal cancer: A retrospective review from a single university hospital 

  NAHAS, S. C.; NAHAS, C. S. R.; BUSTAMANTE-LOPEZ, L. A.; PINTO, R. A.; MARQUES, C. F. S.; CECCONELLO, I. (ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2020)

  introduction and aim: Surgery for distal rectal cancer (DRC) can be performed with or without sphincter preservation. The aim of the present study was to analyze the outcomes of two surgical techniques in the treatment of ...
• Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair After Esophagectomy: Technical Report and Lessons After a Series of Cases 

  TAKEDA, Flavio R.; TUSTUMI, Francisco; FILHO, Marco A. S.; SILVA, Matheus O.; JUNIOR, Ulysses R.; SALLUM, Rubens A. A.; CECCONELLO, Ivan (MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, NEW ROCHELLE, USA, 2020)

  Introduction: Diaphragmatic hernia (DH) repair after esophagectomy is infrequent and technically challenging. Such hernias are mostly asymptomatic and have an estimated incidence of around 2.5%. Controversy continues over ...
• Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on surgical and pathological results of gastric cancer patients: A case-control study 

  CHARRUF, Amir Zeide; RAMOS, Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille; PEREIRA, Marina Alessandra; DIAS, Andre Roncon; CASTRIA, Tiago Biachi de; ZILBERSTEIN, Bruno; CECCONELO, Ivan; RIBEIRO, Ulysses (WILEY, HOBOKEN, USA, 2020)

  Background and Objective Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by radical surgery represents a treatment option for patients with advanced gastric cancer (GC). This case-control study aimed to evaluate the clinicopathological ...
• Stem cell factor receptor gene mutation: Achalasia, mastocytosis and gastrointestinal stromal tumors 

  TUSTUMI, Francisco; SZOR, Daniel Jose; SALLUM, Rubens Antonio Aissar; CECCONELLO, Ivan (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NEW YORK, USA, 2020)
• Return to Intended Oncologic Treatment (RIOT) in Resected Gastric Cancer Patients 

  RAMOS, Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille; CASTRIA, Tiago Biachi de; PEREIRA, Marina Alessandra; DIAS, Andre Roncon; ANTONACIO, Fernanda Fronzoni; ZILBERSTEIN, Bruno; HOFF, Paulo Marcelo Gehm; RIBEIRO JR., Ulysses; CECCONELLO, Ivan (SPRINGER, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, 2020)

  Background Postoperative chemotherapy (CMT) or chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is commonly recommended for gastric cancer (GC) patients in order to improve survival. However, some factors that prevent patients from return to ...
• Real-world evidence of health outcomes and medication use 24 months after bariatric surgery in the public healthcare system in Brazil: a retrospective, single-center study 

  PAJECKI, Denis; KAWAMOTO, Flavio; DANTAS, Anna Carolina Batista; ANDRADE, Priscila Caldeira; BRASIL, Nissia Capello; JUNQUEIRA, Silvio Mauro; OLIVEIRA, Fernanda Maria Pirozelli de; RIBEIRO, Rodrigo Antonini; SANTO, Marco Aurelio (HOSPITAL CLINICAS, UNIV SAO PAULO, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, 2020)

  OBJECTIVES: The number of bariatric procedures has significantly increased in Brazil, especially in the public Unified Health System. The present study describes health outcomes and medication use in obese patients treated ...
• Lymph node regression after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: A predictor of survival in gastric cancer 

  PEREIRA, Marina Alessandra; RAMOS, Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille; DIAS, Andre Roncon; CARDILI, Leonardo; RIBEIRO, Renan Ribeiro e; CHARRUF, Amir Zeide; CASTRIA, Tiago Biachi de; ZILBERSTEIN, Bruno; CECONELLO, Ivan; ALVES, Venancio Avancini Ferreira; RIBEIRO JR., Ulysses; MELLO, Evandro Sobroza de (WILEY, HOBOKEN, USA, 2020)

  Background and Objective Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (nCMT) has been increasingly used in advanced gastric cancer (GC). However, the prognostic impact of tumor response remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate if tumor ...
• Multivisceral resection vs standard gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma 

  DIAS, Andre R.; PEREIRA, Marina A.; OLIVEIRA, Rodrigo J.; RAMOS, Marcus F. K. P.; SZOR, Daniel J.; RIBEIRO, Ulysses; ZILBERSTEIN, Bruno; CECCONELLO, Ivan (WILEY, HOBOKEN, USA, 2020)

  Introduction Multivisceral resection (MVR) is potentially curative for selected gastric cancer patients, supposedly at the cost of increased complications. However, current data comparing MVR to standard gastrectomy (SG) ...

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