Background: Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is thought to prevent recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but its efficacy is a matter of controversy.
Objectives: We investigated the effect of preventive TACE on the tumor, nodes, metastasis (TNM) classification in cases of stage II HCC (T2N0M0) after R0 resection.
Design And Setting: Case-control study conducted in a tertiary-level public hospital.
Background: Liver cancer is the second leading cause of worldwide cancer-related death, and it has an increasing incidence rate. To investigate the role of SRC-1 and Twist1 in liver cancer and determine their expression in terms of prognosis for patients with liver cancer and in general for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines.
Methods: The present study included a total of 70 patients who underwent liver transplantation or hepatic resection surgeries in our hospital from May 2011 to December 2012.
Wien Klin Wochenschr
February 2018
Objective: To compare the efficacy, safety, and surgical outcomes of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and open common bile duct exploration for treatment of common bile duct stones.
Methods: In total, 210 patients were prospectively randomized into 3 groups: laparoscopic common bile duct exploration, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and open common bile duct exploration. The primary outcome measures were the common bile duct stone clearance rate and the complication rate.
Objective: To investigate the effects of dexamethasone on transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1/Smads signaling pathway in benign biliary stricture (BBS) fibroblasts.
Study Design: An experimental study.
Place And Duration Of Study: Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China, from January to August 2016.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak
October 2016
Objective: To investigate the effects of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) on transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF- β1), α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), and neuronal regeneration related protein (P311) in benign biliary stricture fibroblasts of rabbit.
Study Design: An experimental study.
Place And Duration Of Study: Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China, from April to December 2015.
Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi
September 2005
Objective: To investigate the effectiveness and safety of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH).
Methods: A retrospective study of laparoscopic hysterectomy was conducted in this setting. From March 2002 through March 2004, 216 women were subjected to TLH.
Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi
July 2005
Background & Objective: Inactivation of the tumor suppressor gene p16INK4a is one of the most common genetic alterations in human hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), making it an ideal target gene for treatment of HCC. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of wild p16 gene on the biological behavior of HCC.
Methods: HCC cell strains SNU-449 (loss of p16 protein expression) and HepG2.
World J Gastroenterol
January 2003
Aim: To investigate the effects of p16 gene on biological behaviours in hepatocellular carcinoma cells.
Methods: HCC cell lines SNU-449 and HepG2.2.