Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) characterised by the repetitive inflammation of the GIT caused by an abnormal immune response 1 . Despite IBD is often described as a bimodal dise...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Essentially, persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the most important risk factors for HCC1. Thus, targeted strategies to mitigate HBV ...

Atrophic gastritis is a basic precancerous disease of the stomach and serological markers have been demonstrated effective for screening for atrophic gastritis and, in turn, preventing gastric cancer. Recently, a clinical study involving 169 patient...

Crohn's disease (CD), similar to ulcerative colitis, causes digestive disorders and both of them are classified as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) 1 . According to epidemiological data, the incidence of CD has been rising in Hong Kong over the...

Paradigm Shift in Management of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma (uHCC) In Hong Kong, liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer (with 1,771 new cases of liver cancer reported in 2021) and the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths ...

Human skin aging is a natural and intrinsic process that involves shift of endogenous processes combined with external environmental factors such as exposure to the ultraviolet (UV) and pollution. These factors induce physiological changes which may...

Patients with acute or critical illnesses are susceptible to developing malnutrition, either as a direct result of the disease or due to treatment adverse effects (ADs)1. While disease-related malnutrition (DRM) is associated with various adverse ou...

Many processes of tissue injury and repair in adult organs proceed through a transient dedifferentiation to a more developmentally primitive state. Recent studies have suggested vitamin B12 administration during an injury may promote cell plasticity...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has a higher prevalence in developed western countries than in East Asia, with about 120 to 200 cases per 100,000 for ulcerative colitis (UC) and 50 to 200 cases per 100,000 for Crohn¡¦s Disease (CD) in ...

Autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, systemic sclerosis, lupus erythematosus, and type 1 diabetes, were found to be linked with increased CV risks, with risk dependent on the types of autoimmune disorders. In a population-b...

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...