EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy fine-needle aspiration for histopathological evidence for type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis: A single-center retrospective study in China.

Background And Objectives: EUS is recommended for guiding pancreatic tissue acquisition in suspected autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) cases. However, there is a lack of comparative research on the effectiveness between EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) and EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) for diagnosing AIP in China. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of EUS-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) specifically for type 1 AIP.

Timing of antiviral therapy in patients with hepatitis B virus related hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing hepatectomy.

Globally, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is among the most prevalent and deadly cancers. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an important etiology and disease progression factor for HCC. Hepatectomy is a widely accepted curative treatment for HCC, but the long-term survival rate is still unsatisfactory due to the high recurrence rate after resection.