Sarcomatoid intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with good patient prognosis after treatment with Huaier granules following hepatectomy: A case report.

Background: Sarcomatoid intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (SICC) is an extremely rare and highly invasive malignant tumor of the liver. The precise pathologic mechanism of SICC has not been clearly identified, and the prognosis is very poor. The effectiveness of the treatment strategy of radical hepatectomy combined with Huaier granules has not yet been reported.

MicroRNA-122-5p prevents proliferation and promotes apoptosis of hepatic stellate cells by suppressing the cellular-Abelsongene/histone deacetylases 2 pathway.

Liver fibrosis is a wound-healing response and the activation of the hepatic stellate cell (HSC) is the core of hepatic fibrosis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) participate in the development of fibrosis. It is reported that histone deacetylases (HDAC2) tyrosine phosphorylation by cellular-Abelsongene (c-Abl) induces malignant growth of cells.

Long-term oncological prognosis after curative-intent liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in the young versus the elderly: multicentre propensity score-matching study.

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common malignancy in the elderly worldwide, but it is also common among younger individuals in areas with endemic hepatitis B virus infection. The differences in long-term oncological prognosis of young versus elderly patients after R0 liver resection for HCC were explored in this study.

Methods: Using a Chinese multicentre database, consecutive patients who underwent R0 liver resection for HCC between 2007 and 2019 were analysed retrospectively.

Protective Immunity Induced by TgMIC5 and TgMIC16 DNA Vaccines Against Toxoplasmosis.

is an obligate intracellular parasite, which is responsible for a widely distributed zoonosis. Effective vaccines against toxoplasmosis are necessary to protect the public health. The aim of this study is to evaluate the immune efficacy of DNA vaccines encoding TgMIC5 and TgMIC16 genes against infection.

Laparoscopic gastrectomy versus open gastrectomy for elderly patients with gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and potential benefits of laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) comparing with open gastrectomy (OG) in elderly population.

Methods: Studies comparing LG with OG for elderly population with gastric cancer, published between January 1994 and July 2015, were identified in the PubMed, Embase, and ISI Web of Science databases. Operative outcomes (intraoperative blood loss, operative time, and the number of lymph nodes harvested) and postoperative outcomes (time to first ambulation, time to first flatus, time to first oral intake, postoperative hospital stay, postoperative morbidity) were included and analyzed.