BACKGROUND: Around 20-25% of ulcerative colitis patients undergo restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. Pouchitis is an idiopathic inflammatory disease that may occur in ileal pouches, and it can lead to ileal pouch failure…
Two multimodal strategies are available for the treatment of esophageal cancer: neoadjuvant chemotherapy (nCT) and chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). The higher rate of pathological complete response (pCR) after nCRT is an argument to support this treatment…