Xiang Liu

ORCID: 0000-0001-7682-6886 · 5 papers in corpus
observational 2017
Oncotarget ·doi:10.18632/oncotarget.14657

Evidence for long-term use of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) as an adjuvant treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains limited. This study aimed to assess the frequency of use, utilization patterns, and therapeutic effects of a…

observational 2017
Oncotarget ·doi:10.18632/oncotarget.18846

Diabetic retinopathy is a microvascular complication of type 2 diabetes and the leading cause of acquired blindness. In Taiwan, Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is a popular adjunctive therapy. In this study, we investigated the CHM prescripti…

review 2016
Endoscopic ultrasound ·doi:10.4103/2303-9027.191606

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is an innovative advance in the treatment of early gastrointestinal (GI) cancer without lymph node metastases and precancerous lesions as it is an effective and safe therapeutic method. ESD has also be…

rct 2015
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145109

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic, multifactorial, and metabolic disorder accounting for 90% diabetes cases worldwide. Among them, almost half of T2D have hypertension, which is responsible for cardiovascular disease, morbidity, and mortal…

review 2013
Endoscopic ultrasound ·doi:10.7178/eus.06.003

Submucosal tumors (SMTs) are usually discovered fortuitously during routine endoscopy, including various non-neoplastic and neoplastic conditions. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is considered to be the best imaging procedure to characterize SM…