Wang YH

ObjectiveThis study aimed to examine the effects and the efficacy of a combination of interventional embolization and endocrine hormone therapy for Pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS).MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed 132 patients diagnosed w…

Background and Objective: Using echocardiogram data for cardiovascular disease (CVD) can lead to difficulties due to imbalanced datasets, leading to biased predictions. Machine learning models can enhance prognosis accuracy, but their effec…

Dome-type carcinoma (DC), also referred as Gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) carcinoma, is a rare variant of colorectal adenocarcinoma which has been seldomly reported up to now. We report a case of a DC lesion developed in a 33-year-ol…

The diagnosis and treatment of intestinal and urinary tract deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) remain challenging due to its multiple lesions and nonspecific symptoms and signs. This study retrospectively analyzed 72 cases of intestinal …

INTRODUCTION: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder affecting salivary and lacrimal glands, while endometriosis involves uterine-like tissue growth outside the uterus, causing pelvic pain and infertility. Investi…

To study whether hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) therapy increases the risks of cataracts in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this retrospective cohort study, 2821 treatment-naive RA patients, collected from the Longitudinal Health Insu…

ObjectiveElective single embryo transfer (eSET) has been increasingly advocated to achieve the goal of delivering a single healthy baby. A novel endometrial preparation approach down-regulation ovulation-induction (DROI) proposed by our tea…

BackgroundBreast cancer is an umbrella term referring to a group of biologically and molecularly heterogeneous diseases originating from the breast. Globally, incidences of breast cancer has been increasing dramatically over the past decade…

BackgroundOvarian cancer has the highest mortality among gynecological cancers due to late diagnosis and lack of effective targeted therapy. Although the study of interplay between cancer cells with their microenvironment is emerging, how o…

OBJECTIVES: Previous research has shown a possible relationship between endometriosis and autoimmune diseases. However, the relationship between endometriosis and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is lacking. Therefore, we intended to find possib…

PURPOSE: The systemic inflammation is believed to provide an outline of the association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and endometriosis. This retrospective cohort study aimed to explore the association of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) u…

BackgroundIn recent years frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) has played an increasingly important role in ART, but there is limited consensus on the most effective method of endometrial preparation (EP) for FET. Inspired by significantly h…

To examine the association between endometriosis and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), this nationwide, population-based, retrospective cohort study was conducted based on National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan.…

BackgroundDue to a lack of evidence from large-scale epidemiological studies by far on this issue, whether there is a link between Angelica sinensis exposure and breast cancer risk remained inconclusive.MethodsWe conducted a population-base…

OBJECTIVES: Autoimmunity may play a role in endometriosis. The association between endometriosis and RA remains unknown. This study was conducted to identify any evidence for this relationship. METHODS: This 13-year, nationwide, population-…

Abstract BackgroundCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) respiratory disease rapidly caused a global pandemic and social and economic disruption. The combination of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Conventional Western medicine (CWM) i…

INTRODUCTION: Rectal endometriosis is rare in women and imaging characteristics are similar with that of rectal cancer, which is one of the most common malignancies. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 36 years old woman with a suspicious diagnosis of …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the expression of microRNA-221 (miR-221) in endometrial tissues and its impact on the proliferation of ectopic endometrial stromal cells. METHODS: ) and cell proliferations were compared with those of the negative co…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of the leflunomide (LEF) on the size of the transplanted endometriosis (EMS) lesions and trans- forming growth factor (TGF) -β1gray level in SD rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: EMS was surgically induced in…

We examined the aberrant microRNA (miRNA) expression profile responsible for the changes in angiogenesis observed in endometriotic lesions. This study revealed characteristic miRNA expression profiles associated with endometriosis in endome…

Ultrasound guided aspiration of ovarian endometrioma had been tried as an alternative therapeutic modality in patients whose desire to avoid surgery or surgical approach is contraindicated since 1991. Cyst puncture can reduce tumor volume a…

AimTo evaluate the toxicity of endogeneous peroxynitrite on transplanted retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) sheets and the effect of puerarin on their survival in the C57BL/6 mice after RPE sheets have been transplanted into SD rats' subretin…

BACKGROUND: Phthalates are known to have estrogenic effects in cell models and experimental animals. However, the evidence regarding the effects of phthalates on human reproduction is still limited. We conducted a case-control study to dete…

OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence of pelvic adhesions in endometriosis (EM) and the relationship between pelvic adhesions and pain symptoms. METHODS: The incidence of pelvic adhesions, dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia, dyschiz…