Predictive Factors Associated with Survival in Female Gastric Cancer Patients in Southeast Asia.

Introduction: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries have high infections, and gastric cancer (GC) is a leading fatal cancer in this region, especially in female patients. This study aimed to compare clinical manifestations, histopathological subtypes, and prognostic factors associated with the overall survival rate of female GC patients in this important region.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted between 2007 and 2022 at a tertiary care center in Thailand.

Simultaneous detection of Helicobacter pylori infection comparing between white light and image-enhanced endoscopy.

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is associated with gastric cancer. Early and accurate diagnosis of H.

Management of Helicobacter pylori treatment failures: A large population-based study (HP treatment failures trial).

Background: Helicobacter pylori treatment failure remains a challenging problem. This study aimed to identify predictive factors for successful eradication in patients following treatment failures.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study.

Branched-chain amino acids supplementation improves liver frailty index in frail compensated cirrhotic patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Physical frailty is related with morbidity and mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Currently, there is no approved treatment of frailty in these patients. Here, we evaluated the efficacy of 16 weeks branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) supplementation on frailty in frail compensated cirrhotic patients.

Frailty as tested by the Liver Frailty Index is associated with decompensation and unplanned hospitalization in patients with compensated cirrhosis.

Background And Aims: Frailty is associated with morbidity and mortality in advanced cirrhosis. However, the information on the association between frailty and outcome in compensated cirrhosis is scarce. We aimed to explore the prognostic impact of frailty in compensated cirrhosis.

New developments in esophageal function testing and esophageal manifestations of connective tissue disorders.

This work summarizes new and emerging metrics and tools in esophageal function testing and their potential clinical impact. Because the diagnostic sensitivity and reliability of conventional impedance-pH variables are suboptimal, several novel impedance parameters, such as the postreflux swallow-induced peristaltic wave index and the mean nocturnal baseline impedance, as well as mucosal impedance, are entering a validation stage prior to general clinical use. The accurate diagnosis of behavioral disorders in patients with rumination syndrome and supragastric belching using ambulatory multiple intraluminal impedance-pH can lead directly to behavioral interventions in patients with refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).