Publications by authors named "Wings Tjing-Yung Loo"
Background: This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between Chinese medicine (CM) dietary patterns (, , and ) and the incidence of breast cancer among Chinese women in Hong Kong.
Methods: Breast cancer cases (n = 202) and healthy controls (n = 202) were matched according to demographics. Chinese women residing in Hong Kong for the past 7 years were recruited by media advertisements (e.
Background: Among all neurological tumors, tumor incidence of the neuroepithelial tissue is the highest, where 50% are gliomas. Treatment for gliomas has traditionally included surgery and adjuvant therapy. With advancements in medicine, gene therapy has entered the clinical setting, in which control of tumor growth, tumor volume and decrease of supply of blood to the tumor have been observed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combing aromatase inhibitor (AI) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor neoadjuvantly in postmenopausal patients with invasive hormone-sensitive breast cancer.
Methods: Eighty-two patients were randomly assigned to receive exemestane 25mg daily and celecoxib 400mg twice daily (group A, n=30), exemestane 25mg daily (group B, n=24) and letrozole 2.5mg daily (group C, n=28).
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combing aromatase inhibitor (AI) and signal transduction inhibitor neoadjuvantly in postmenopausal patients with invasive hormone-sensitive breast cancer.
Patients And Methods: Postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer were given three months of letrozole 2.5mg daily and imatinib 400mg twice daily preoperatively.