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  2. Gastric balloon - Wikipedia

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    It showed an acceptable safety profile with 0.2% of serious adverse events, which is comparable to the Orbera balloon, which requires endoscopy. [4] Post-placement side effects of gastric balloons are common and may include nausea, vomiting, reflux and stomach cramps. [18] Other side effects include indigestion, bloating, flatulence and ...

  3. Stomach cancer - Wikipedia

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    Cancer of the stomach is difficult to cure unless it is found at an early stage (before it has begun to spread). Unfortunately, because early stomach cancer causes few symptoms, the disease is usually advanced when the diagnosis is made. [80] Treatment for stomach cancer may include surgery, [81] chemotherapy, [13] or radiation therapy. [82]

  4. Early warning system (medical) - Wikipedia

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    An early warning system (EWS), sometimes called a between-the-flags or track-and-trigger chart, is a clinical tool used in healthcare to anticipate patient deterioration by measuring the cumulative variation in observations, most often being patient vital signs and level of consciousness. [1]

  5. A swallowable balloon promises weight loss similar to popular ...

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    According to Allurion, only 1-3% of those who use the balloon aren't able to tolerate it and have to have it removed early via endoscopy, and on average, people sustain 96% of their weight loss ...

  6. Signs and symptoms of cancer - Wikipedia

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    Signs and symptoms are not mutually exclusive, for example a subjective feeling of fever can be noted as sign by using a thermometer that registers a high reading. [7] Because many symptoms of cancer are gradual in onset and general in nature, cancer screening (also called cancer surveillance) is a key public health priority. This may include ...

  7. Gastrointestinal cancer - Wikipedia

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    Cancer of the esophagus is often detected late inasmuch as there are typically no early symptoms. Nevertheless, if the cancer is caught soon enough, patients can have a five-year survival rate of 90% or above. By the time esophageal cancer is usually detected, though, it might have spread beyond the esophageal wall, and the survival rate drops ...

  8. US FDA seeks 'boxed warning' for CAR-T cancer therapies - AOL

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    The other cancer therapies include Bristol Myers Squibb's Breyanzi and its partnered therapy, Abecma, with 2seventy bio, J&J unit Janssen and Legend Biotech's Carvykti, Novartis AG's Kymriah, and ...

  9. Paraneoplastic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Symptomatic features of paraneoplastic syndrome cultivate in four ways: endocrine, neurological, mucocutaneous, and hematological.The most common presentation is a fever (release of endogenous pyrogens often related to lymphokines or tissue pyrogens), but the overall picture will often include several clinical cases observed which may specifically simulate more common benign conditions.