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Gastroenterology, Mar 1, 2008

uestion: A 21-year-old woman presented to the emerency department because of intermittent bloody ... more uestion: A 21-year-old woman presented to the emerency department because of intermittent bloody stool nd abdominal fullness for 6 months. Port-wine stains of er left buttock and hypertrophied lower limb had been oticed since her childhood (Figure A). Laboratory studes showed iron-deficiency anemia (hemoglobin, 3.1 g/dL; ean corpuscular volume, 63.1 fl; serum ferritin, 1.81 g/mL), consumptive coagulopathy, and disseminated ntravascular coagulation (DIC; bleeding time 20 mintes; platelet count, 184 k/ l; plasma D-dimer, 57.31 g/mL; plasma fibrinogen, 72.1 mg/dL; plasma fibrinoen degradation products, 113.8 g/mL). Computed toography (CT) revealed diffuse hemangiomas of the iver, spleen, mesentery, and subcutaneous tissue of the ffected limb, as well as diffuse thrombosed veins with hleboliths in the thickened colonic wall (Figure B). A olonoscopy revealed fresh blood and varicose veins in he rectum and sigmoid colon (Figure C). What is the iagnosis? See the GASTROENTEROLOGY website (www. astrojournal.org) for more information on submiting your favorite image to Clinical Challenges and mages in GI.

Gastroenterology, Apr 1, 2004

Analytical Cellular Pathology, 2007

Background: TNF-Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) is a promising agent for the induction ... more Background: TNF-Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) is a promising agent for the induction of apoptosis in neoplastic tissues. Important determinants of TRAIL sensitivity are two intracellular proteins of the TRAIL pathway, caspase-8 and its anti-apoptotic competitor cellular Flice-Like Inhibitory Protein (cFLIP). Methods: The aim of this study was to investigate basic expression of caspase-8 and cFLIP in normal colorectal epithelium (n = 20), colorectal adenomas (n = 66) and colorectal carcinomas (n = 44) using immunohistochemistry performed on both sporadic and Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC or Lynch syndrome)-associated adenomas and carcinomas. Results: Expression of both caspase-8 and cFLIP was similar in cases with sporadic and hereditary origin. Expression of caspase-8 in colorectal adenomas and carcinomas was increased when compared to normal colon tissue (P = 0.02). Nuclear, paranuclear as well as cytoplasmic localizations of caspase-8 were detected....

European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2008

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 2006

Colitis ulcerosa is een chronische ziekte gekenmerkt door een diffuse, continue, circumferentiele... more Colitis ulcerosa is een chronische ziekte gekenmerkt door een diffuse, continue, circumferentiele ontsteking van de mucosa van het colon. De aandoening begint vrijwel altijd in het rectum en kan zich naar proximaal uitbreiden. Pathogenetisch is er een inadequate inflammatoire respons op intraluminale antigenen, waarbij een genetische predispositie een rol speelt. Het klinische beloop kenmerkt zich door exacerbaties en perioden van remissie. De belangrijkste symptomen zijn diarree en bloedverlies. Afhankelijk van de ernst en de uitgebreidheid van de aandoening kunnen buikpijn, imperatieve aandrang, tenesmi en, in ernstige gevallen, koorts, gewichtsverlies en anemie optreden. 1 De incidentie van colitis ulcerosa is 10-20 per 100.000 personen per jaar en de prevalentie 100-200 per 100.000, met een piekincidentie op jongere leeftijd (10-40 jaar) zonder verschil tussen mannen en vrouwen. 2 De incidentie en prevalentie van colitis ulcerosa zijn de afgelopen jaren vrijwel gelijk gebleven.

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2019

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2004

9536 Background. CHEK2 was recently identified as a low-penetrance breast cancer susceptibility g... more 9536 Background. CHEK2 was recently identified as a low-penetrance breast cancer susceptibility gene, with an increased genotype frequency of the 1100delC variant in familial cases without detectable BRCA1/2 mutations (4.2-5.5%) compared to controls (1.1-1.4%) in 2 studies. No difference in genotype frequency of the variant was observed between unselected breast cancer cases (0.3-2.0%) and controls in 3 different studies. This could be due to lack of power of the individual studies. METHODS The 1100delC variant was studied in 962 unselected breast cancer cases and 367 controls (spouses of the unselected patients) and in familial breast cancer cases with (n=75) and without (n=288) BRCA1/2 mutations. The unselected breast cancer cases were assigned to 'high', 'moderate' or 'low' genetic risk groups, based on age at diagnosis, bilaterality of breast cancer, number of first degree relatives with breast cancer, and co-occurrence of ovarian cancer and male breast cancer in the family. In addition, the data of the published studies and the present one were combined. RESULTS In unselected breast cancer patients, the variant was observed in 2.9% and in controls in 1.4% (NS). After stratifying the patients according to genetic risk, the frequency was highest in high-risk (4.4%), followed by moderate-risk (3.8%), and lowest in low-risk patients (2.4%), P-value for trend <0.05. In 288 familial cases without BRCA1/2 mutations, 6.3% carried the variant, this is higher than in controls (P-value <0.001). None of the familial cases with a BRCA1/2 mutation had the variant. The pooled analysis revealed an association with the 1100delC variant in unselected breast cancer cases (OR=2.25, P-value <0.0005) and in familial cases without BRCA1/2 mutations (OR=5.09, P-value <0.0001). CONCLUSION Apart from an increased 1100delC genotype frequency in familial breast cancer cases without BRCA1/2 mutations, the genotype frequency of the CHEK2 1100delC variant increased with assumed genetic risk in unselected breast cancer cases. The pooled analysis revealed an increased 1100delC genotype frequency in unselected breast cancer cases. No significant financial relationships to disclose.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2017

British Journal of Cancer, 1993

The Netherlands journal of medicine, 2014

Colorectal adenoma patients are kept under surveillance because of the risk of developing metachr... more Colorectal adenoma patients are kept under surveillance because of the risk of developing metachronous neoplasia. The aim is to determine predictors of neoplasia development after polypectomy. It is an observational cohort study. 433 Patients who had ≥1 adenoma removed between 1988 and 2004 were included, with follow-up until 2010. Multivariate analysis of patient and adenoma characteristics was performed at initial colonoscopy and at consecutive positive examinations. The main outcome measured was the development of metachronous (advanced) adenomas during follow-up. Median follow-up was 85 months. Multivariate analysis identified male sex, ≥3 adenomas, high-grade dysplasia and age ≥55 years as risk factors for metachronous lesions at first surveillance. Analysis using life expectancy as a timescale showed ≥3 adenomas to be the only predictive factor. The time to second or third metachronous adenoma did not depend on the number of adenomas. Patients with ≥3 adenomas were five years ...

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Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, Jan 16, 2006

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in the Netherlands, where it is now the secon... more Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in the Netherlands, where it is now the second most commonly-occurring cancer in terms of both incidence (10,000 new cases each year) and mortality rate (4,400 each year). - In 40% of all cases the disease is diagnosed at a late stage, which is associated with a poor outcome. - Research has shown that screening of the general population for colorectal cancer by means of the faecal occult blood test (FOBT) results in a reduction in mortality of approximately 16%. Whether endoscopic screening will result in a greater reduction in the mortality rate is currently under investigation. - This year, the first pilot study on implementation of screening for colorectal cancer using two different types of FOBT will start in the Netherlands.

American journal of human genetics, 1995

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a relatively common autosomal dominant cance... more Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a relatively common autosomal dominant cancer-susceptibility condition. The recent isolation of the DNA mismatch repair genes (hMSH2, hMLH1, hPMS1, and hPMS2) responsible for HNPCC has allowed the search for germ-line mutations in affected individuals. In this study we used denaturing gradient-gel electrophoresis to screen for mutations in the hMSH2 gene. Analysis of all the 16 exons of hMSH2, in 34 unrelated HNPCC kindreds, has revealed seven novel pathogenic germ-line mutations resulting in stop codons either directly or through frameshifts. Additionally, nucleotide substitutions giving rise to one missense, two silent, and one useful polymorphism have been identified. The proportion of families in which hMSH2 mutations were found is 21%. Although the spectrum of mutations spread at the hMSH2 gene among HNPCC patients appears extremely heterogeneous, we were not able to establish any correlation between the site of the individua...