Monthly Archives: June 2015

Hsu YC, Ho HJ, Huang YT, et al. Association between antiviral treatment and extrahepatic outcomes in patients with hepatitis C virus infection. Gut 2015;64:495–504. Continue reading →

H-C Chang, AM-F Yen, JC-Y Fann, et al. Irritable bowel syndrome and the incidence of colorectal neoplasia: a prospective cohort study with community-based screened population in Taiwan. Br J Cancer 2015;112:171–176. Continue reading →

Question: A 71-year-old man with chronic hepatitis B-related liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma was brought to the emergency department because he had experienced progressive abdominal distension for 1 week. The hepatoma had recently progress… Continue reading →

Question: A 71-year-old woman, who had no previous psychiatric history or abdominal surgery, was admitted to the hospital for left hypochondrial mass for 2 weeks, associated with an ache over the area and loss of appetite for the same duration. No feve… Continue reading →

Question: A 72-year-old woman presented to the hospital with progressively worsening left lower extremity swelling and pain of 1 weeks’ duration. She also reported vague right upper abdominal discomfort, but did not complain of nausea, vomiting, shor… Continue reading →

Question: A 69-year-old Japanese woman with persistent cough visited our hospital. She was diagnosed with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) by histologic examination of biopsied samples during bronchoscopy. The patient was treate… Continue reading →

It seems that until relatively recently, mentorship was hardly a topic of comment in academic discourse. Without doubt, the historical neglect of the role of mentors as appropriate for explicit discussion was a significant omission. However, within a … Continue reading →