Predictors of fibrosis in Asian patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Background And Aim: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is increasingly recognized as an important cause of chronic liver disease. However, data on Asians with NASH is lacking in the literature. The aim of the present study was to describe the clinical, biochemical and histological characteristics of NASH in Asians and to determine the predictors for septal fibrosis.

Radial clearance in resection of hypopharyngeal cancer: an independent prognostic factor.

Background: The depth of infiltration of tumor is of particular relevance in hypopharyngeal cancers, because most of them are seen late, and extensive infiltration into the muscle wall and the cartilage are not uncommon.

Methods: The resected specimens of hypopharyngeal cancers were studied with whole-organ step-serial sectioning. The extent of infiltration into the thickness of the wall and the radial clearance were carefully documented.