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Open AccessThe correlation between gut microbiome and atrial fibrillation: pathophysiology and therapeutic perspectives
Regulation of gut microbiota and its impact on human health is the theme of intensive research. The incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) are continuously escalating as the global population age...
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Open AccessAlterations in the human oral microbiome in cholangiocarcinoma
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Open AccessCharacterization of oral and gut microbiome and plasma metabolomics in COVID-19 patients after 1-year follow-up
Due to the outbreak and rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), more than 160 million patients have become convalescents worldwide to date. Significant alterations have occurred in the gut and ora...
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Open AccessIntensity modulated radiotherapy for locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer: a mono-institutional retrospective analysis
To evaluate the role of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) and metastatic pancreatic cancer (MPC), and the prognostic factors in the setting of multidisciplin...
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Hepatic proliferation after partial liver irradiation in Sprague–Dawley rats
The liver has powerful capability to proliferate in response to various injuries, but little is known as to liver proliferation after irradiation (IR) injury. This study investigated whether liver proliferatio...
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A natural process of cirrhosis resolution and deceleration of liver regeneration after thioacetamide withdrawal in a rat model
Characteristics of thioacetamide (TAA)-induced liver cirrhosis in rat was observed for 120 days after TAA withdrawal as part of the radiobiological study of partial liver irradiation on TAA-induced cirrhotic r...
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Open AccessMaintenance of Sorafenib following combined therapy of three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy/intensity-modulated radiation therapy and transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in patients with locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase I/II study
Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT)/intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) combined with or without transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for locally advanced hepatocellular c...
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An optimum analysis method of sandwich structures made from elastic-viscoelastic materials
Due to a viscoelastic dam** middle layer, sandwich structures have the capacity of energy consumption. In this paper, we describe the frequency-dependent property of viscoelastic materials using complex modu...