Publications by authors named "Rui-Fang Lin"
Background: The associations between periodontal disease, tooth loss, and lung cancer risk remain debatable. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to evaluate whether periodontal disease and tooth loss are associated with lung cancer risk.
Methods: A literature search was performed for relevant studies using PubMed and Embase databases.
Association between periodontal disease, tooth loss and liver diseases risk.
J Clin Periodontol
September 2020
Aim: The purpose of this study is to assess the associations between periodontal disease, tooth loss and liver diseases.
Materials And Methods: PubMed and Embase databases were utilized to search eligible studies. Odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was used as effect size to assess the associations between periodontal disease, tooth loss and liver diseases risk.
Background: The prognostic value of preoperative anemia in gastric cancer remains unclear. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to evaluate the prognostic value of preoperative anemia in gastric cancer.
Methods: We searched Embase and PubMed databases for relevant studies from inception to March 2018.
Objectives: This study aimed to develop a scoring system to predict the survival time of patients with bone metastases after radiation therapy (RT). The scoring system can guide physicians to a better selection of appropriate treatment regimens.
Materials And Methods: The medical records of 125 patients with bone metastases treated with RT between January 2007 and September 2010 were reviewed retrospectively.
Objective: The aim of this paper was to compare the efficacy and safety of S-1-based and capecitabine-based preoperative chemoradiotherapy regimens in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer through a retrospective matched-pair analysis.
Materials And Methods: Between Jan 2010 and Mar 2014, 24 patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who received preoperative radiotherapy concurrently with S-1 were individually matched with 24 contemporary patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who received preoperative radiotherapy concurrently with capecitabine according to clinical stage (as determined by pelvic magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography) and age (within five years). All these patients performed mesorectal excision 4-8 weeks after the completion of chemoradiotherapy.