Despite Outpatient Data on Patterns of Drinking Alcohol, Budd's 1855 Monograph on the Stomach Failed to Recognize the Potentiality of Prevention

Abstract

Cancer history literature revealed striking statements on alcohol drinking. Surprisingly, the references dated up to 1855 when Budd's monograph on the stomach still wondered about the role of alcoholism in stomach cancer causation. Therefore, this article presents several examples that should have hastened the appreciation of its prevention. This raises the need for further research.

Schistosomiasis Manifesting as a Rectum Polyp in Nigeria

“…Another series of 32 cases from China (10) concluded that "Chronic schistosomiasis infestation has a probable etiological role in promoting genesis of colorectal neoplasm." Fortunately, the present patient reported promptly in accordance with the prevailing community health education standards (11).…”