BACKGROUND Periodontitis is a chronic inflammation of periodontal tissues.The effect of periodontitis on the development of inflammatory bowel disease(IBD)remains unclear.AIM To assessed the risk of IBD among patients...
Supported by Philip Morris Products SA and coordinated by Linkt Health Ltd.
BACKGROUNDSmoking has detrimental effects on Crohn’s disease (CD) activity while data onulcerative colitis (UC) are conflicting. Little is known about the use and impact ofalternative smoking products in inflammatory...
National Key R&D Program of China,No.2017YFC0908300.
BACKGROUND Lifestyle factors such as body mass index(BMI),alcohol drinking,and cigarette smoking,are likely to impact the prognosis of gastric cancer,but the evidence has been inconsistent.AIM To investigate the assoc...
BACKGROUND Ulcerative colitis(UC)is an uncommon inflammatory bowel disease(IBD).However,its incidence has recently increased in South Korea.Moreover,UC diagnoses are frequently delayed,and the relationship between dia...
Supported by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation(FAPESP),No.2011/23969-1 and No.2012/02473-0;Coordenacao de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-Brasil(CAPES)-Finance Code 001(Master Grant);National Council of Technological and Scientific Development(CNPq)No.310582/2014-8
AIM To evaluate the association between polymorphismsin glutathione S transferases(GSTs) and the risk of sporadic colorectal cancer(SCRC), tumor progression and the survival of patients.METHODS A case-control study of...
AIM To investigate the association between smoking habits and surgical outcomes in hepatitis B virus(HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)(B-HCC) and hepatitis C virus(HCV)-related HCC(C-HCC) and clarify the clin...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81501608
AIM To investigate the impact of cigarette smoking on the recurrence rate and recurrence-free survival in patients with hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis(HLAP).METHODS A total of 863 patients were admitted to our hosp...
AIM To evaluate the endoscopic treatment efficacy and prognostic factors of long-term response to treatment for painful chronic pancreatitis.METHODS This retrospective analysis identified 168 patients with painful chr...
To analyzed the correlation between smoking status and surgical outcomes in patients with non-B non-C hepatocellular carcinoma (NBNC-HCC), and we investigated the patients’ clinicopathological characteristics accordi...
AIMTo compare the effectiveness and safety of vonoprazan-based therapy with proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-based therapies to treat Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori).METHODSWe retrospectively analysed data from first-line ...