supported by grants through funding from the National Science and Technology Council(MOST 111-2314-B-037-070-MY3,NSTC 112-2314-B-037-090,NSTC 112-2314-B-037-050-MY3);the Ministry of Health and Welfare(12D1-IVMOHW02)and funded by the Health and Welfare Surcharge of on Tobacco Products,and the Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital(KMUH112-2R37,KMUH112-2R38,KMUH112-2R39,KMUH112-2M27,KMUH112-2M28,KMUH112-2M29,KMUH-SH11207);Kaohsiung Medical University Research Center Grant(KMU-TC112A04).
Abstract:Background:The pTNM staging system is widely recognized as the most effective prognostic indicator for cancer.The latest update of this staging system introduced a new pathological staging system(ypTNM)for pa...
Objective: To analyze data available in the literature regarding a possible prognostic value of the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in prostate cancer (PCa) patients stratif...
BACKGROUND The incidence of patients with early-onset pancreatic cancer(EOPC;age≤50 years at diagnosis)is on the rise,placing a heavy burden on individuals,families,and society.The role of combination therapy includi...
Background:We previously observed decreasing resection rates of nonmetastatic gastric adenocarcinoma(GaC)in the US and some European countries.If and to what extent these trends affect the trends in overall survival(O...
Objective: To investigate the impact of local tumor factors on the prognosis of non-metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients. Methods: We performed a retrospective analy...
BACKGROUND Currently,the detection of PIK3CA mutations is of special interest in personalized medicine because it is frequently found in triple-negative breast cancer(TNBC).The PI3KCA mutation is an independent negati...
supported by clinical research of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine[No.YN10101902];a scientific research project of Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences[No.YN2018ML11].
Background:Laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer is commonly performed in China.However,compared with open surgery,the effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery,especially the long-term survival,has not been sufficiently...
Triple negative breast cancer(TNBC) accounts for 15%-20% of all breast cancer, and is still defined as what it is not. Currently, TNBC is the only type of breast cancer for which there are no approved targeted therapi...
supported by the Provincial Key Clinical Specialty(Medical Imaging)Development Program from Health and Family Planning Commission of Hunan Province,China(No.2015/43);the Health and Family Planning Commission of Hunan Province,China(No.B2016060);the National Key Clinical Specialty(Oncology Department)Development Program from National Health and Family Planning Commission of China(No.2013/544)
Preoperative detection of lymph nodes(LNs) metastasis is always highly challenging for radiologists nowadays. The utility of quantitative dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(QDCE-MRI) in identifyi...
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate genes involved in cancer metastasis, mRNA differential display was used to compare the levels of gene expression in two cell sublines derived from human giant cell carcinoma of lung (PG) whic...