Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is ranked as the sixth most common cancer worldwide and its incidence has been progressively increasing. HCC is also the third most common cause of cancer-related death, with a 5-year survival rate of just 3% 1 . Inter...
Early Insight to the Dyslipidaemia Pandemic Dyslipidaemia is defined as lipid imbalance affecting the low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), elevated triglyceride (TG), high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and elevated total c...
Existing Knowledge on Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common type of cancer and second most common cause of cancer-related deaths globally 1 . There were over 1.9 million new cases of CRC globally in 2020 with medium to h...
Background Information The patient of the current case was a 64-year-old male with documented ischemic heart disease and received 3 times of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), respectively in 2004, 2005 and 2013. In 2015, the patient complain...
Exploring Chemotherapy-associated Cognitive Impairment in Colorectal Cancer Chemotherapy, which is commonplace in treating a plethora of cancers, has seen increasing concerns over its possible role in inducing cognitive impairment 1 . In breast canc...
Background of the Patient The patient was a 53-year-old female with good health record. In 2010, the patient presented with some bone pain and proteinuria (2.5 g/day). However, evaluation on albumin level did not indicate renal impairment. Dr. Hwang...
The Potential and Challenge of Gene-edited Cellular Therapies The recent advances in genome editing allow precise manipulation of cellular DNA sequences and have raised hopes of curing serious genetic diseases. CRISPR-Cas9 is a specific and efficien...
Nutrition Intervention for Improving Health Outcomes of Cancer Patients Malnutrition is prevalent among cancer patients, whereas up to 70% of patients are at risk. The condition can adversely affect treatment outcomes, quality of life and survival 1...
Recent Advances in Therapies for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumour of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, mainly in the stomach and small intestine. GIST constitutes a distinct ...
The Importance of Systemic Treatment Sequencing in Improving Survival for Patients with Advanced Liver Cancer Dr.Catherine Frenette, Prof. Peter Galle, Dr.Richard Finn, Prof. Jean-Frédéric Blanc, Dr. Kirhan Özgürdal, Prof. An...
A Beacon of Hope for Patients with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer (mTNBC) Frequently afflicting young women below 50 years old, Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) accounts for 14% of breast cancer cases in Hong Kong 1 . Classified by the...
