Association between breast cancer and hepatitis C: A joint study of hospitalized patients and nationwide cohorts

JURS Cheng, TC Chen, TD Chen, HP Ku… - Translational …, 2022 - Elsevier
Whether hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with breast cancer risk remains elusive,
and we aimed to elucidate it. A nationwide population-based cohort study of the Taiwan …

Characteristic geoepidemiology of primary biliary cholangitis in Taiwan: A nationwide population‐based study

JS Cheng, WT Chen, HP Ku, RN Chien… - Hepatology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Data on the geoepidemiology and outcomes of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) in Asia
are limited; thus, we aimed to collect and assess this information for Taiwan. Methods A …

[HTML][HTML] Association between hepatitis C virus infection and esophageal cancer: an Asian nationwide population-based cohort study

…, TS Wu, CW Chen, MY Chang, HP Ku… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection causes many extrahepatic cancers, and whether
HCV infection is associated with esophageal cancer development remains inconclusive. …

The irreversible HCV-associated risk of gastric cancer following interferon-based therapy: A joint study of hospital-based cases and nationwide population-based …

…, JS Cheng, TD Chen, PH Le, HP Ku… - Therapeutic …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection causes many extrahepatic malignancies;
whether it increases gastric cancer risk and the risk reverses after anti-HCV therapy remain …

Hepatitis C–associated late-onset schizophrenia: a nationwide, population-based cohort study

JS Cheng, JH Hu, MY Chang, MS Lin, HP Ku… - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2021 - jpn.ca
Background: Whether infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes schizophrenia —
and whether the associated risk reverses after anti-HCV therapy — is unknown; we aimed to …

Evolutionary relationship between antimitochondrial antibody positivity and primary biliary cholangitis in Taiwan: a 16-year hospital cohort study

…, JS Cheng, PH Le, WT Chen, HP Ku… - Therapeutic …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: How antimitochondrial antibody (AMA)-positive patients evolve to have primary
biliary cholangitis (PBC) in viral hepatitis–endemic areas is unknown. Objectives: We …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of interferon-based therapy on hepatitis C-associated rheumatic diseases: A nationwide population-based cohort study

JS Cheng, YS Lin, JH Hu, MY Chang, HP Ku… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Whether hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection-associated risk of rheumatic diseases is reversed
by anti-HCV therapy remain elusive. A nationwide population-based cohort study of the …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of the representative primary biliary cholangitis cohort in Taiwan: a comparison of four nationwide cohorts

…, JH Hu, WT Chen, MY Chang, HP Ku… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background/Purpose: The rates and outcomes of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) in Taiwan
remain unclear. Methods: A nationwide population-based cohort study (Taiwan National …

Interferon-based therapy did not attenuate hepatitis C-associated rheumatic disorder risk: A nationwide population-based cohort study

JS Cheng, JH Hu, Y Lin, MS Lin, HP Ku, RN Chien… - 2020 - researchsquare.com
Background Whether hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection increases the risk of rheumatic
disorders and whether the associated risk is reversed by anti-HCV therapy remain elusive. We …

Plant Based Diets: Sensory Attractiveness Increases Acceptability of Meat Substitutes

YYE Ding, Y Huang, HPG Ku, K Lim, T Lin - 2018 - open.library.ubc.ca
To promote plant-based diets, research has been focusing on finding potential barriers faced
by consumers when adopting meat substitute products. Some major barriers include texture…