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Systemic chemotherapy is the cornerstone of treatment for patients with advanced gastric cancer. The combination of fluoropyrimidine and platinum is the most widely used first-line treatment worldwide. In patients with...
Recently, several new endoscopic imaging techniques have been developed, including endoscopic ultrasonography, narrow band imaging, autofluorescence imaging, and confocal laser endomicroscopy. Preliminary studies have reported promising results in diagnosing gastric...
In 2014, there were disagreements between the Value Incentive Program (VIP) of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) and academic societies. The primary differences of opinion arose over...
The age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of gastric cancer have been decreasing worldwide. However, due to the rapid increase in the aging population, the absolute number of cases is actually...
Animal bites are a common problem managed by primary physicians and often involve wound infection, neurovascular injury, poor cosmetic outcome, and high medical costs. During clinical assessment, a thorough medical...
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for gastric cancer was started from the early 1990s as laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG). Currently, laparoscopic gastrectomy is the most popular surgical option in early gastric...
With the early detection of cancer and advances in cancer treatment, the number of cancer survivors is increasing dramatically and is currently over 1 million. Many cancer survivors face lifetime...
Although surgical resection remains the only curative treatment for gastric cancer, locoregional and distant recurrence are still common after surgical resection with curative intent underscoring the importance of a multimodal...
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a growing epidemiologic and clinical problem, and is increasing in incidence, prevalence and mortality. Therefore, the optimal treatment of heart failure (HF) is important to...