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The study will be conducted in Makassed General Hospital (MGH) including all admitted patients receiving colonoscopy for the different indications. All patients will receive low volume 2L alpha peg split preps given 8 hours apart at a rate of 1 cup q 30 minutes with addition of 1 L of pure water

Title: The value of contrast enhanced laparoscopic ultrasound examination during robot-assisted resection for primary colorectal cancer surgery. Project: The following project evaluates the value of contrast enhanced Laparoscopic Ultrasound examination (CE-LUS) in robot-assisted surgery for CRC. The

Abstract: Colorectal cancer is amongst the leading cancers worldwide. Treatment is greatly dependent on the stage of illness, with more favorable outcomes associated with early cancers. For this reason, screening colonoscopies have been increasing, as are efforts to improve the quality of bowel

Patients will be offered participation in this study at the time of their regularly scheduled visit to the UIC Colorectal Cancer Screening Clinic. Those agreeing will have indicated their understanding that participation will be conditional upon their having 10+ ACF at the time of their screening

1. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE: Current obesity prevention emphasizes increasing physical activity and a low-fat, calorie restricted diet to produce a negative caloric balance. Caloric restriction is associated with decreases in energy expenditure. The other mainstay of obesity prevention increasing

Colorectal cancer is the fourth commonest form of cancer worldwide and remains a leading malignancy both in incidence and mortality. Erbitux is an immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody that specifically blocks ligand binding to the EGFR with high affinity, thereby preventing downstream signal

Patient population Phase I portion: Metastatic colorectal cancer. A total of 3 patients on each cohort. Additional 3 patients on the tolerable cohort. Total patient number: Minimum 6, Maximum: 12 Phase II portion: Metastatic colorectal cancer: A total of 33 patients will be treated in this portion.

Studies in animal models of colitis and in humans with IBD demonstrated that the components of Coltect have anti-inflammatory effects: Hanai H. et al demonstrated that curcumin was safe and effective in maintaining remission in patients with quiescent UC. (7) B.Salh et al showed that curcumin, was

ABT-510: In the early 1990s, thrombospondin (TSP-1) was first recognized as an endogenously produced inhibitor of angiogenesis. Since then, thrombospondin has been shown to inhibit neovascularization and tumorigenesis in numerous mouse models. Its anti- angiogenesis properties have been localized to

Ovarian cancer is diagnosed in approximately 26,000 American women each year, and is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancers. Difficult to detect, the disease typically presents only when advanced. Ovarian cancer is among the most sensitive of solid tumors to chemotherapy. However, the