Abstract The Asia–Pacific Consensus Conference was convened to review and synthesize
the most current information on Helicobacter pylori management so as to update the …

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), especially peptic ulcer bleeding, remains one of the
most important cause of hospitalisation and mortality world wide. In Asia, with a high …

Obesity is worldwide epidemic given its rapid growth in global prevalence. Among the risk
factors contributing to obesity, human gut microbiome recently emerges with unprecedented …

Context Tumor recurrence is a major issue for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
following curative liver resection. Objective To investigate the association between …

Background & Aims Treatment for hepatitis B virus infection reduces the risk of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the long-term protective effects for subgroups of …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is causally associated with insulin resistance and diabetes
mellitus. This population‐based cohort study aimed to investigate whether antiviral therapy …

Objective A global consensus meeting was held to review current evidence and knowledge
gaps and propose collaborative studies on population-wide screening and eradication of …

Objective Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with a higher risk of hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC), which is attenuated by the use of metformin. However, there are no …

A question central to the Covid-19 pandemic is why the Covid-19 mortality rate varies so
greatly across countries. This study aims to investigate factors associated with cross-country …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) is a risk factor for gastric cancer. We
investigated whether early H pylori eradication is associated with gastric cancer risk in …