Institution
Kangbuk Samsung Hospital
Recent research
- Health & MedicineOpen access
PurposeChemoimmunotherapy has improved outcomes in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), but its benefit in older adults remains uncertain because this population is underrepresented in clinical trials.We evaluated the real-world efficacy of first-line atezolizumab pl...
- Health & Medicine
ABSTRACT Background Transvenous lead extraction (TLE) is essential for CIED management and is generally safe with contemporary techniques, although rare cardiac or vascular complications can be life‐threatening. Comparative data between non‐powered telescoping sheaths (TS) and po...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
PurposeWe assessed whether baseline and early on-treatment measurements of host fitness using the Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) provide complementary prognostic information in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Materials and MethodsWithin the prospective, multicent...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Lifestyle factors, such as smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity, are among the most critical modifiable risk factors for morbidity and mortality; however, their representation in health data remains inconsistent and unstructured. Although electronic medical record...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Hepatic steatosis is the defining imaging feature of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and is detected on abdominal CT. Whether CT-defined MASLD and hepatic fat burden are associated with brain morphometric variation beyond cardiometabolic and CT-de...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Background Armed conflict disrupts health systems, undermining routine immunization and disease surveillance. These disruptions can delay outbreak detection and allow population susceptibility to accumulate unnoticed. This study assessed the impact of the 2020–2022 confl...