Background The aim of this work was to assess the prevalence of symptoms of gastrointestinal
stromal tumors (GISTs) and the diagnostic yield of clinical procedures for its diagnosis. …

This study is aimed to assess the long-term health-related quality of life (HRQL) of patients
after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in comparison with es-tablished norms, and to …

The treatment of tumors with electrochemotherapy (ECT) has surged over the past decade.
Thanks to the transient cell membrane permeabilization induced by the short electric pulses …

BACKGROUND: Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are characterized by a chronic intestinal
inflammation. Since the precise etiology is still unknown, current therapies are aimed at …

Only commercial cloud solutions have been implemented so far, offering computing
resources and services for renting. Some interesting projects, such as Nimbus, OpenNEbula, …

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized by repeated flare-ups of inflammation that can lead
to oncogenic insults to the colonic epithelial. UC-associated carcinogenesis presents a …

Background An imbalance in gut microbiota seems to contribute to the development of
chronic inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, such as ulcerative colitis (UC). …

This paper provides a detailed study on discrete phase type (DPH) distributions and its acyclic
subclass referred to as acyclic-DPH (ADPH). Previously not considered similarities and …

Cloud computing is a promising paradigm able to rationalize the use of hardware resources
by means of virtualization. Virtualization allows to instantiate one or more virtual machines (…

The immune system is a crucial regulator of tumor biology with the capacity to support or
inhibit cancer development, growth, invasion and metastasis. Emerging evidence show that …