Publications by authors named "Matthew Yuan-Kun Wei"
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- The text discusses the history and challenges of treating locally advanced right-sided colon cancer (LARCC) with a specific surgical procedure called right hemicolectomy with pancreatoduodenectomy (RHCPD), first performed in 1953.
- Due to the complexity and rarity of such cases, the study aims to analyze clinical outcomes, including overall survival and postoperative complications, from a retrospective review of 47 patients treated between 2003 and 2022.
- The study's findings may provide insights into the long-term survival and prognostic factors associated with LARCC, which remains a controversial aspect of treatment in this patient cohort.
Background: Elderly people and patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) are both at high risk of malnutrition. Therefore, it is of great significance to explore suitable malnutrition screening and diagnostic indicators for elderly patients with CRC. Recently, the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) proposed new diagnostic criteria for malnutrition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetastatic spread of invasive lobular breast cancer is rare. It can have a delayed and varied presentation that can mimic other bowel pathologies, such as colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, making its diagnosis difficult. In this study, we present two patients who required colonic resection due to malignant obstruction caused by metastatic invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast.
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