The most frequent pancreatic cancer is pancreatic adenocarcinoma. It has high and early
locally and distant invasiveness; this is the reason why it often shows little sign or symptoms in …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)–Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)–are
chronic conditions characterised by relapsing inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. They …

Autoimmune diseases, characterized by an alteration of the immune system which results in
a loss of tolerance to self antigens often coexist in the same patient. Autoimmune atrophic …

Although the actual prevalence of chronic atrophic gastritis is unknown and it is probable that
this entity goes largely underdiagnosed, patients in whom diagnosis is established usually …

Gastric cancer is, still nowadays, an important healthcare problem worldwide. In Italy, it
represents the fifth tumour by frequency in both men and women over 70 years old. A crucial …

Chronic gastritis is a long-lasting disease that can lead to a loss of appropriate gastric
glands. Gastritis, as term, apply to an inflammation of the stomach, histologically proven, …

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is due to the chronic exposure of the esophageal
mucosa to acid secretion from the stomach. Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection, is a risk factor …

Diverticulosis of the colon is the most frequent anatomical alteration diagnosed at colonoscopy.
The prevalence of the disease is higher in elderly patients over 65 years old, recent …

The manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have been recently classified
into either esophageal or extra-esophageal syndromes. Clinical history, questionnaire …

In the last decade, a barge body of scientific literature has suggested that specific alterations
of the gut microbiota may be associated with ther development and clinical course of …