Portnoy's Complaint is a 1969 American novel that turned its author Philip Roth into a major celebrity, sparking a storm of controversy over its explicit and candid treatment of sexuality, including detailed depictions of masturbation using various props including a piece of liver. The novel tells the humorous monologue of "a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young Jewish bachelor," who confesses to his psychoanalyst in "intimate, shameful detail, and coarse, abusive language."

L.M. Portnoy is one of Russia's leading radiologists. This book is the result of his more than 30years' experience in the field of cancer diagnosis. The author reviews for us the potentials - currently greatly underestimated - of radiological examination and the traditional X-ray for the diagnosis of gastric cancer. This comprehensive overview of methodological approaches to the X-ray examination of the stomach and corrected tumor semiotics will help practicing physicians and residents to diagnose even the most minuscule tumors.