Dong-A University

Reinforcement learning-based decision support for admission-time inpatient bed allocation

Hospital bed allocation affects patient waiting, bed turnover, discharge flow, and queue accumulation. First-come, first-served (FCFS) is transparent but does not account for congestion, queue composition, expected length of stay (LOS), or downstream turnover. This study develope...

Cancer nanovaccine plus doxorubicin and immune checkpoint blockade overcomes chemoresistance and delays postsurgical recurrence

Chemotherapy for solid tumors has serious limitations due to acquired chemoresistance and frequent postsurgical recurrence. In this study, we developed a chemo-immunotherapy regimen combining a chemotherapeutic agent, a dendritic cell (DC)-activating cancer nanovaccine, and immun...