18F-FDG PET and CT/MRI in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: a prospective study of 124 patients with histologic correlation

…, CT Liao, JTC Chang, SC Chan, SF Ko… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
Accurate evaluation of primary tumors and cervical lymph node status of squamous cell
carcinoma (SCC) of the oral cavity is important to treatment planning and prognosis prediction. In …

[HTML][HTML] Sitagliptin protects rat kidneys from acute ischemia-reperfusion injury via upregulation of GLP-1 and GLP-1 receptors

…, Y Chen, Y Wu, Y Zhen, S Leu, T Tsai, S Ko… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2015 - nature.com
Aim: Sitagliptin, an oral glucose-lowering agent, has been found to produce cardiovascular
protection possibly via anti-inflammatory and anti-atherosclerotic activities of glucagon-like …

[PDF][PDF] Prospective study of (18F) fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in oral cavity …

…, TC Yen, JTC Chang, SC Chan, SF Ko… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - researchgate.net
… Shu-Hang Ng, Tzu-Chen Yen, Joseph Tung-Chieh Chang, Sheng-Chieh Chan, Sheung-Fat
Ko, Hung-Ming Wang, Li-Yu Lee, Chung-Jan Kang, Alex Mun-Ching Wong, and Chun-Ta …

Staging of untreated nasopharyngeal carcinoma with PET/CT: comparison with conventional imaging work-up

…, SC Chan, TC Yen, JTC Chang, CT Liao, SF Ko… - European journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Purpose We prospectively compared PET/CT and conventional imaging for initial staging of
nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Methods A total of 111 patients with histologically proven …

Quality of life as a survival predictor for patients with advanced head and neck carcinoma treated with radiotherapy

FM Fang, YT Liu, Y Tang, CJ Wang, SF Ko - Cancer, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Accumulating reports suggest that quality of life (QoL) may predict survival
in patients with malignant disease. In the current study, the authors investigated if baseline …

Nodal metastases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: patterns of disease on MRI and FDG PET

SH Ng, JTC Chang, SC Chan, SF Ko, HM Wang… - European journal of …, 2004 - Springer
The patterns of nodal spread of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) have an important influence
on treatment planning, but have not yet been fully addressed. We prospectively used MRI …

Posttreatment imaging of the nasopharynx

SH Ng, HM Liu, SF Ko, SP Hao, VFH Chong - European journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is the most common epithelial tumor of the nasopharynx.
Radiation therapy is the mainstay of treatment while surgery or chemotherapy is used in …

[HTML][HTML] Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell exosomes suppress hepatocellular carcinoma growth in a rat model: apparent diffusion coefficient, natural killer T …

SF Ko, HK Yip, YY Zhen, CC Lee, CC Lee… - Stem cells …, 2015 - hindawi.com
We sought to evaluate the effects of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs)
exosomes on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in rats using apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC…

[HTML][HTML] Autologous transplantation of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells markedly reduced acute ischemia-reperfusion lung injury in a rodent model

…, LT Chang, YH Kao, S Chua, M Fu, SF Ko… - Journal of Translational …, 2011 - Springer
Background This study tested the hypothesis that autologous transplantation of adipose-derived
mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs) can effectively attenuate acute pulmonary ischemia-…

Intensity‐modulated or conformal radiotherapy improves the quality of life of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: comparisons of four radiotherapy techniques

…, HC Chen, HC Hsu, CY Hsiung, CY Chien, SF Ko - Cancer, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND. It was reported previously that the dosimetric superiority of conformal
radiotherapy (RT), either 3‐dimensional conformal RT (3D‐CRT) or intensity‐modulated RT (IMRT…