supported by Sichuan Province Medical Young Innovative Research Project Program(No.Q23041).
To the Editor:Based on a recent study examining the burden of digestive diseases in China and its provinces from 1990 to 2019,esophageal cancer ranks as the third leading cause of death among neoplastic digestive dise...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82203924,82130089,and 82003366);Key Research Program of Hubei province(No.2021BCA120);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2022M721265).
To the Editor:Photodynamic therapy(PDT)is an alternative treatment option for port-wine stains(PWSs)and offers several advantages over pulsed dye lasers(PDLs).^([1])However,some patients still experience treatment res...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Fundation of China(Nos.82170623,82170625,U1702281,81873584,82000613,and 82000574);the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFA0205404);the“1.3.5”projects for disciplines of excellence of West China Hospital,Sichuan University(No.ZYGD18004).
Liver cirrhosis is associated with high morbidity,mortality,and medical costs worldwide.Although transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt(TIPS)has been shown to improve the survival of patients with cirrhosis,sys...
sponsored by the Research Project of Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory(No.JNL202220B);the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(No.2021J01267).
To the Editor:Obstructive sleep apnea(OSA)and hypertension are two strongly linked disorders that frequently coexist in clinics.[1]OSA is an important cause of secondary hypertension and leads to hypertension in up to...
supported by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(CAMS)Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(CIFMS)(No.2021-I2M-1-056);National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding(No.2022-NHLHCRF-LX-01).
The global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)began toward the end of 2019 and persists as of 2024.[1]Patients infected with COVID-19 may show multiple organ involvement,and body systems can be affected wit...
To the Editor:Systemic light chain(AL)amyloidosis,a rare and deadly disease affecting approximately 10 individuals per million each year worldwide,is marked by misfolded,aggregated immunoglobulin light chains produced...
Psoriatic arthritis(PsA)is a chronic,systemic inflammatory disease that affects peripheral and axial joints,entheses,skin,and nails.It seriously reduces the quality of life and psychosocial function.Although tumor nec...
Chronic spontaneous urticaria(CSU)is defined as the spontaneous appearance of wheals,angioedema,or both for more than six weeks due to known or unknown causes.The prevalence of CSU was found to be higher in Asian stud...
This study was supported by the China National Key R&D Project (contract No. 2022YFC2503500);The CCC-ACS project is a program of the AHA and the CSC. The AHA received funding from Pfizer through an independent grant for learning and change and Astra-Zeneca as a quality improvement initiative.
To the Editor:Dual antiplatelet therapy(DAPT),which comprises aspirin plus a P2Y12 receptor inhibitor,is the standard approach for reducing cardiac and systemic ischemic events in individuals with coronary artery dise...
supported by grants from the National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2022YFE0131700 and 2022YFC3602000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82071813);the Beijing SciTech Program(No.Z191100006619114);Clinical Medicine Plus X-Young scholars Project of Peking University(No.PKU2020LCXQ018).
To the Editor:Primary Sjögren’s syndrome(pSS)is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by the infiltration of lymphocytes into dysfunctional exocrine glands.Since the inhibition of lymphotoxin(LT)in the initial s...