#Cancer #Diabetes Glycaemic control in patients with #diabetes was independently associated with the risk of colonic adenoma and #colorectalcancer development with a biological gradient Gut Journal gut.bmj.com/content/early/…

Join us for the HKU Advanced Endoscopy Workshop 2024: The Application of Artificial Intelligence in Endoscopy on 29 June.

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#GUTPodcast with Professors Rugge, Malfertheiner and Genta on the paper entitled

'RE.GA.IN.: the Real-world Gastritis Initiative' via

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Emad El-Omar #Gastritis

Lui et al focus on a novel quality marker of colonoscopy in “Artificial intelligence–assisted real-time monitoring of effective withdrawal time during colonoscopy.' giejournal.org/article/S0016-…

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Dr John Leeds

GIE Original Article presented on the Endoscopedia blog: 'Artificial intelligence–assisted real-time monitoring of effective withdrawal time during colonoscopy: a novel quality marker of colonoscopy' by Wai K. Leung endoscopedia.com/2024/03/11/leu…

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Online now in GIE’s Articles in Press: “Artificial intelligence–assisted real-time monitoring of effective withdrawal time during colonoscopy: a novel quality marker of colonoscopy” by Thomas K. L. Lui et al. giejournal.org/article/S0016-…

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This is the first study directly comparing BLI with NBI on proximal colonic lesion detection. HKU Medicine HKU Department of Medicine Thomas Lui

Congratulations to the almost 70 HKUMed scholars who ranked among the top 2% of scientists globally in the “Updated science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators' produced by Stanford University.

Leung et al consider 'Blue-light imaging or narrow-band imaging for proximal colonic lesions: a prospective randomized tandem colonoscopy study.' giejournal.org/article/S0016-…

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Daryl Ramai, MD, MPH, MSc.

“There’s a change in the paradigm towards expediting the translation of discoveries from
the laboratory to the clinic, to improve medical care and make it more accessible to all,” said Prof Wai K Leung, Associate Dean (Research).

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Our paper on GI manifestations of #covid19 was one of the Top 10 Most Cited Articles: Gastroenterology ⁦HKU Medicine⁩ ⁦Gastroenterology⁩ gastrojournal.org/content/most-c…

In a separate study, Professor Leung Wai-keung’s team discovered that the use of antibiotics could alter the micro-organisms and the virus community present in the gut.

Read their paper: hkumed.hk/qtq

Researchers from HKUMed and BCMHouston found the global prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection, a cancer-causing agent, has been steadily declining over the past 40 years.

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Prevalence of H pylori is decreasing but still affect >40% of the world population. Concerted efforts are needed to further combat the infection and its complications. Kathy Leung HKU Medicine

New research - Li et al - Global prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection between 1980 and 2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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#Hpylori #gastriccancer #gitwitter

Glad to see this piece of work of my student finally published in Nature Communications after multiple rounds of review that spans more than 1 year. HP eradication could alter gut microbiome for >6 months. Thanks to Joshua Ho HKU Centre for PanorOmic Sciences (CPOS) HKU Medicine
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Our recent work published ⁦BioDrugs Journal⁩ found introduction of infliximab biosimilar was not always associated with increased biologics consumption.We need additional policy and healthcare system interventions to support biosimilar adoption.⁦ link.springer.com/article/10.100…

HKUMed ranked No. 1 in Hong Kong and No. 31 globally in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 in Medicine! 🎉

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QS World University Rankings #QSWUR

Now on the official blog: 'Computer-assisted detection versus conventional colonoscopy for proximal colonic lesions: a multicenter, randomized, tandem-colonoscopy study' by Wai K. Leung

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The use of CADe for colonic polyp detection could lead to shortening of surveillance intervals recommended by current guidelines. Thomas Lui Kathy Leung HKU Medicine Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center