Volvulus is a condition that occurs when your bowel (which makes up your small intestine, colon, and rectum) twists around ...

A hospital is calling on people to confirm whether they would want to donate their organs following death. Unless individuals "opt out" on the NHS Organ Donor Register, the law assumes they are ...

The esophagus is an organ that connects the back of the throat (or pharynx) with the stomach. It is the muscular channel that delivers food, liquids, and saliva to the rest of the digestive system.

An animated sequence which tours the human body, picturing and naming the major organs. The job of each organ is briefly explained. The brain, heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines and ...

or wall of large vessels (celiac axis or superior mesenteric artery) † M1-specific sites defined according to Sobin and Wittekind. M: Metastasis; N: Node; T: Tumor. Data from [21 ...

During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Matthew A. Lunning, DO, discussed the updated trial data for 2 chimeric antigen ...

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The colon and rectum are about 2 meters (6.5 feet) long. The large intestine lays around the edges of the abdominal cavity and is surrounded by the spleen, liver, pancreas, bladder, and reproductive ...

have shown impressive results as adjuvant therapy improving overall median survival while minimizing collateral damage to surrounding organ systems. Orthotopic liver transplantation has proven to ...

The partner of a man whose organs were donated to four different people after he died in an accident says his death was not in vain. Macauley Owen, a groundworks engineer from Anglesey ...