1. An experiment was conducted to test the independent and combined effects of high dietary calcium and protein concentrations on the induction of visceral gout in growing birds of a layer strain. 2. One hundred and sixty healthy birds were randomly divided into 4 groups at 35 d of age. The different groups were given 4 diets containing normal or high concentrations of dietary calcium or crude ...

This study aimed to construct a nomogram to predict survival of patients with resectable gastric cancer (RGC) based on both clinicopathology characteristics and systemic inflammatory response markers (SIRMs). Of 3,452 RGC patients after D2 gastrectomy at the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 1058 patients who met the inclusion criterion were analyzed. The patients operated on from January 1...

Comparative genomic hybridization was applied to 51 primary esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (ESCCs) to clarify the relation between DNA sequence copy number aberrations (DSCNAs) and the clinicopathology of the disease. The average number of DSCNAs was 10.9 DSCNAs/tumor (6.1 gains and 4.9 losses), ranging from 1-30 DSCNAs/tumor. Gain of 3q26-qter and loss of 18q22-qter were detected in >60% ...

BACKGROUND Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a highly aggressive cancer whose underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. The natural antisense transcript (NAT) WRAP53 regulates p53 expression and WRAP53 protein is a component of telomerase. NATs play key roles in carcinogenesis, and although WRAP53 is known to increase cancer cell survival, its role in ESCC clinicopatholo...

Multiple omics researches in the past two decades have identified over 200 potential biomarkers for ovarian cancer. Discoveries during the 1990s were more focused on clinicopathology-based biomarkers that were targeted to support diagnosis, but the emphasis has shifted to the identification of prognostic biomarkers in the past 10 years. The post-genomic era has opened the door for personalized ...

Thymic carcinoma is a rare cancer that is more aggressive and shows a poorer prognosis compared with thymoma. Molecular analysis has demonstrated that this entity is clearly distinct from thymoma. However, no definitive clinical management has been reported, and the roles of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for advanced thymic carcinoma remain unclear given the rarity of this clinicopathology. The...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in Taiwan. Multiple risk factors, such as chronic hepatitis B or C virus infection, carcinogen exposure, cirrhosis, and various single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), are considered to contribute to hepatocarcinogenesis. Chitinase-3-like protein 1 (CHI3L1), a biomarker implicated in inflammation and tissue remodeling, p...

Diabetic retinopathy remains the most common complication of diabetes mellitus and is a leading cause of visual loss in industrialized nations. The clinicopathology of the diabetic retina has been extensively studied, although the precise pathogenesis and cellular and molecular defects that lead to retinal vascular, neural and glial cell dysfunction remain somewhat elusive. This lack of underst...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between extracapsular extension (ECE) and clinicopathology, and its influence on the prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Clinical data from 388 stage IIA-IIIA NSCLC patients who underwent curative resection and confirmed ECE positive were reviewed. The Fisher's exact or Chi-square test was used to analyze the associ...