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Medicine & Public Health
Abdominal Surgery
**yan Xu
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Food intake and interdigestive gastrointestinal motility in ghrelin receptor mutant rats
Ghrelin is the endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR). Ghrelin regulates feeding activity and interdigestive contractions of the stomach in rodents. To investigate the role of en...
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IL-23R polymorphisms, HBV infection, and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in a high-risk Chinese population
The interleukin-23 receptor (IL-23R) plays an important role in the T-helper 17 cell-mediated inflammatory process and is also involved in tumor immune surveillance, which may be linked to carcinogenesis in he...
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Ultrasonographic Assessment of Differential Diagnosis Between Degenerating Cystic Thyroid Nodules and Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinomas
To enhance the diagnostic accuracy of conventional ultrasonography in differentiating papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs) from degenerating cystic thyroid nodules mimicking malignancy (under 10 mm in di...
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Tumor-associated macrophage infiltration is highly associated with PD-L1 expression in gastric adenocarcinoma
Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) is a key protein upregulated by tumor cells to suppress immune responses. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) play a major role in this immunosuppression, but the relationship...
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A faster and simpler way of operation for Meckel’s diverticulum: basal ligation combined with intraoperative frozen section
The key step in Meckel’s diverticulectomy (MD) is to achieve complete resection of MD along with the ectopic epithelium. Currently main treatment methods for Meckel’s diverticulum are either intestinal resecti...
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Percutaneous Laser Ablation of Unifocal Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Utility of Conventional Ultrasound and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Assessing Local Therapeutic Response
To investigate the use of conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in assessing local therapeutic response of percutaneous laser ablation (PLA) for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC).
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The Prognostic Value of Preoperative Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Resected Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
This research aims to analyze neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) for resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients and reveal its predictive value.
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Percutaneous Microwave Ablation of Metastatic Lymph Nodes from Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Preliminary Results
Our purpose is to assess the effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) for lymph node metastases (LNMs) from papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC).
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Open AccessCombined detection of serum autoantibodies as diagnostic biomarkers in esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma
We previously found that autoantibodies against a panel of six tumor-associated antigens (p53, NY-ESO-1, MMP-7, Hsp70, PRDX6 and Bmi-1) may aid in early detection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Here we...
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Open AccessEvaluating the efficacy of laparoscopic radical antegrade modular pancreatosplenectomy in selected early-stage left-sided pancreatic cancer: a propensity score matching study
Laparoscopic radical pancreatectomy is safe and beneficial for recectable pancreatic cancer, but the extent of resection for early-stage tumors remains controversial.
