Kent-Man Chu

TL;DR: Perioperative nutritional support can reduce complications after major hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma associated with cirrhosis and these benefits were seen predominantly in the patients with underlying Cirrhosis who underwent major hepATEctomy.

TL;DR: The recent management strategy and technological advances improved the results of surgical treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, with early detection and effective treatment of recurrences contributed to the improved prognosis.

TL;DR: This study documented the evolution of surgical results of esophagectomy in a high-volume center, identifying predictive factors of pulmonary complications and mortality, and examined whether preoperative chemoradiation therapy would complicate postoperative recovery, finding reduction in mortality rate correlated with decreased blood loss.

TL;DR: Preoperative chemotherapy was safe and resulted in significant downstaging and an increased likelihood of curative resection and survival was not better than that in the surgery-alone group, but responders did fare better than nonresponders.

TL;DR: A diversity of gene expression patterns in gastric cancer is found, reflecting variation in intrinsic properties of tumor and normal cells and variation in the cellular composition of these complex tissues.