Final analysis of a phase II study of modified FOLFIRINOX in locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This ...

Systemic chemotherapy in the setting of unresectable appendiceal epithelial neoplasms (AEN). Background: Chemotherapy-induced splenomegaly is a relatively known treatment complication, where the ...

Splenic injuries constitute the most common injuries accompanying blunt abdominal traumas. Non-operative treatment is currently the standard for treating hemodynamically stable patients with blunt ...

Background. A 15-year-old boy presented to hospital with tenderness in his left loin and hypochondrium, and frank hematuria; he was hemodynamically stable. The patient was overweight and had fallen ...

Your spleen sits under your rib cage in the upper left part of your abdomen toward your back. This organ helps filter your blood, trapping old and damaged red blood cells. It also contains white blood ...