BACKGROUND Advanced gastric cancer with synchronous peritoneal metastases(GC-PM)is associated with a poor prognosis.Although cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy(CRS-HIPEC)is a promisin...
AIM To unravel relationships between gastrointestinal(GI)symptoms impairing quality of life(QOL)and clinical profiles of diabetes mellitus(DM)patients. METHODS We enrolled 134 outpatients with type 2 DM.Mean age was 6...
AIM To evaluate the efficacy of doubling time(DT) of gastrointestinal submucosal tumors(GIST).METHODS From April 1987 through November 2012, a total of 323 patients were given a final histopathological diagnosis of GI...
AIM: To determine the best cut-off value between the early and late recurrence periods after the initial recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).METHODS: The clinical records of 404 patients who underwent macrosco...
Supported by Grants from Merck Sharp&Dohme,Tokyo,Japan;Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.,Tokyo,Japan to Mori M
We devised an extended 72-wk peginterferon--2a/ribavirin therapy regimen for the retreatment of highly intractable cases,i.e.,48-wk peginterferon--2b/ribavirin therapy-intractable cases.Although 2 cases achieved a rap...
AIM: TO re-evaluate the recent clinicopathological fea- tures of remnant gastric cancer (RGC) and to develop desirable surveillance programs.METHODS: Between 1997 and 2008, 1149 patients underwent gastrectomy for ...
Supported by A Grant from Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (M094015, 94-KMUH-032, KMUH95-5D51);E-Da Hospital (EDAH-D-97(P)014A);Excellence for cancer research center grant, No DOH99-TD-C-111-002;Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taiwan
AIM:To evaluate the influence of multiple samplings during esophagogastr oduodenoscopy(EGD) on the accuracy of the rapid urease test,and the validity of newly developed rapid urease tests,HelicotecUT plus test and Hel...
With pegylated interferon and ribavirin, more than half of all chronically-infected hepatitis C patients can achieve a sustained virologic response; however, patients with genotype 1 infections and those with other po...
AIM:To investigate the P wave dispersion as a non-invasive marker of intra-atrial conduction disturbances in patients with Wilson's disease. METHODS:We compared Wilson's disease patients (n = 18) with age matched heal...