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DCW Tang, CY Chu, R Li, SWH Cheng, RYT Ng, JCH Tse, AYT Lai, THT Sung, KYK Tang, WKW Leung, JLS Khoo

Hong Kong J Radiol 2018;21:7-15

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716881

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of endovascular treatment (EVT) for acute ischaemic stroke in terms of angiographic results and clinical outcomes.

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JHM Cheng, FKY Cho, WKW Leung, WK Kan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:324-9

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716846

Objective: To review outcomes of patients who underwent endovascular embolisation for rectus sheath haematoma (RSH).

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KS Lau, KO Lam, WL Chan, VHF Lee, DLW Kwong, TW Leung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:318-22

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716810

Objective: To compare S-1 with S-1 plus cisplatin (SP) as first-line treatment for metastatic gastric cancer.

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CL Chiang, FAS Lee, YW Wong, CM Poon, CKK Choi, FCS Wong, WK Sze, SY Tung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:312-7

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716844

Objectives: To review the outcome of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who underwent short-course preoperative radiotherapy (SCPRT) with delayed total mesorectal excision.

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R Chow, L Zhang, IS Soong, OWK Mang, LCY Lui, KH Wong, SWK Siu, SH Lo, KK Yuen, YSH Yau, KY Wong, C Leung, SY Wong, R Ngan, E Chow, R Yeung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:232-6

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716804

Objective: To analyse the inter-rater reliability of scores in the Palliative Medicine Oral Examination among examiners, among observers, and between examiners and observers.

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LCY Lui, KH Wong, R Ngan, SWK Siu, E Chow, SH Lo, KK Yuen, YSH Yau, KY Wong, R Yeung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:227-31

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716802

Purpose: To evaluate the Hong Kong College of Radiologists’ palliative medicine training programme from perspectives of three groups of clinical oncologists.

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AKC Cheng, M Cheung, EYL Chu

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:220-6

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1715377

Objectives: To review the outcome and procedure-related complications of patients who underwent ultrasound-guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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YP Tai, CH Cheung, KM Cheung, HC Cheng, RKC Ngan, PCH Kwok

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:213-9

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716905

Purpose: To report the outcomes and prognostic factors of overall survival after selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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MHC Lam, HC Cheng, RKC Ngan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:205-12

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716902

Objective: To review the outcome and safety of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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MFT Chan, QYN Lam, VHF Lee, PPY Ho, HCK Sze, SWK Siu, PWK Kwong, TW Leung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:103-9

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1715378

Objectives: The Roach formula can be used to calculate the risk of pelvic lymph node involvement in patients with prostate cancer.

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L Kropp, R Dagan, CG Morris, C Bryant, JW Werning, P Dziegielewski, WM Mendenhall, RJ Amdur

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:110-4

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1715373

Objectives: To review the outcome of patients with positive / close margins and / or extracapsular extension (ECE) of lymph nodes who underwent radiotherapy (RT) with or without chemotherapy following radical surgery for laryngeal or hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, and to determine the factors associated with poor prognosis.

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M Zimmermann, M Das, CK Kuhl, S Keil

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:115-20

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716402

Objective: To assess the performance of a computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD) software in detecting pulmonary embolism (PE) on multidetector computed tomography (MDCT).

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WH Chong, KL Siu, WS Wan, KY Chan, CB Tan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:121-5

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1715388

Objective: To identify predictors of successful retrieval of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter by comparing patients with and without a retrieval request.

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YTA Lai, BMH Lai, H Chin, KP Fung, SF Shum, WK Kan, JLS Khoo

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:126-30

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716420

Objectives: To compare the single-bolus protocol with the split-bolus protocol in multidetector computed tomography urography in terms of image quality (opacification), radiation dose, and scan time.

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KKY Cheung, JK Ip, LY Ko, MWM Law, WWM Lam

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:131-9

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1716399

Objectives: To review magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain of neonates who underwent cerebral hypothermia for hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) and to correlate the MRI findings with neurodevelopmental outcomes.

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YTA Lai, CY Chu, HT Sung, CW Tang, KW Leung, SWS Lo, LSJ Khoo

Hong Kong J Radiol 2017;20:140-5

DOI: 10.12809/hkjr1715387

Objectives: To review the treatment and outcome of patients who underwent endovascular therapy for cerebral vasospasm secondary to aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH).