Outstanding research paper awards of the Journal of the Chinese Medical Association in 2021

Organ- or function-preservation surgery is recommended, but who is a candidate?

“…However, by contrast, if accurate and precise preoperative evaluation and an appropriate surgical plan are conducted, minimally traumatic sparing organ and establishment of the physiological and morphological function of damaged tissues and/or organs may minimize the risk of overtreatment and avoid the subsequent severe postoperative sequelae without the need for further investment in new technology. 6 All contribute to the re-consideration of the old proverb “to do more and to lose more.” 7 The recent publication in the October issue of the Journal of the Chinese Medical Association entitled “Pancreatic head sparing surgery for solid pseudopapillary tumor in patients with agenesis of the dorsal pancreas,” showed the feasibility and possible safety of using sparing surgery of the pancreatic head (pancreatic head sparing surgery [PHSS]) in the management of patients with agenesis of the dorsal pancreas (ADP) accompanied by a solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT). 8…”

Neoadjuvant therapy

“…[2][3][4] An accurate and precise pretherapy evaluation and an appropriate and personalized therapeutic plan for these cancer or critically ill patients through the far-advanced development of new technology or therapeutic strategy, such as a minimally traumatic organ-preservation approach and a method for maintenance of physiological and morphological function of targeted lesions can minimize the risk of overtreatment and subsequently avoid the development of severe posttherapy sequelae without compromising the therapeutic efficacy. [5][6][7] To reach this goal, it is still challengeable. The recent publication in the Journal of the Chinese Medical Association entitled "The effect of Mitomycin-C in neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer" may be an example, since the authors investigated the possible benefit of using neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) using concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), called NAT-CCRT with adding mitomycin-C (called MMT+NAT-CCRT) in the management of patients with clinical T3, T4 or node-positive rectal adenocarcinoma staged (advanced-stage rectal cancer) by magnetic resonance image (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) compared to the NAT-CCRT group.…”

Winners of the 2021 honor awards for excellence at the annual meeting of the Chinese Medical Association-Taipei: Part I

“…Their attempt, although too immature, is a really big advanced step, since with the assistance of AI, an immediate, prompt, uninterrupted, and possibly cost-effective supplement may be much valuable in the crisis setting or in contexts where the traditional medical care system is out of date, or when there is a shortage of medical care providers. 2 Second, the winner of the outstanding research for gastroenterology and hepatology is Dr. Huang for his excellent work investigating the association between genetic background and the development of a relatively complicated hepatic diseasenonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). 3 It is well known that…”

“…The first winner is Dr. Liu who won the CMA-Taipei Outstanding Research Work Award for her publication, entitled “Concordance analysis of intrapartum cardiotocography between physicians and artificial intelligence-based technique using modified one-dimensional fully convolutional networks.” 1 The detailed introduction has been shown before. 2 In brief, they used a novel artificial intelligence (AI) tool with a combination of fully convolutional networks and deep learning to provide a chance to monitor fetal well-being (fetal heart rate) and adequate uterine contraction during labor continuously and precisely. Their attempt, although too immature, is a really big advanced step, since with the assistance of AI, an immediate, prompt, uninterrupted, and possibly cost-effective supplement may be much valuable in the crisis setting or in contexts where the traditional medical care system is out of date, or when there is a shortage of medical care providers.…”