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- Health & MedicineOpen access
African American (AA) men experience disproportionately high prostate cancer incidence and mortality. Despite this disparity, current genomic repositories are predominantly derived from European populations, and studies using archived tissues are often limited by stromal contamin...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Chronic disease management relies on regular patient-provider interactions to monitor progression and control. For type 2 diabetes (T2D), current guidelines prescribe fixed intervals between primary care visits, overlooking heterogeneity in clinical trajectories and patient chara...
- Health & Medicine
From Resection to Transplantation: Rethinking Training and Certification for the Modern HPB Surgeon
Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery has evolved beyond the confines of traditional liver and pancreatic resection. Contemporary practice increasingly encompasses advanced vascular reconstruction, extended hepatectomy in compromised livers, transplantation for malignancy, and com...
- Health & Medicine
Acceptance of Organs From Deceased Donors: Results of a Global Survey.
Background: With <10% of transplantation needs being met, one contributing factor may be the potential subjectivity in transplant specialists' acceptance of organs. Such decisions, if influenced by knowledge and/or comfort gaps, warrant intervention. We assessed knowledge and com...
- Health & Medicine
Background: Widely accessible education on organ donation and transplantation (ODT) is a tool to reduce waiting lists, as <10% of transplant needs are met (Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation). We aimed to assess the current state of access to education on ODT worl...
- Health & Medicine
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Single-session middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAE) combined with surgical evacuation is an emerging strategy for management of patients with chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH). However, comparative outcome data based on embolic material selection...
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AIMS: Short-term prevention (STP) therapies are used to prevent migraine during anticipated exposure to known triggers. However, little is known about healthcare providers' (HCPs) attitudes and prescribing practices regarding STP. This study aimed to characterize real-world STP t...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Network meta-analysis (NMA) is an evidence synthesis approach that combines direct and indirect evidence to estimate the relative effects of multiple treatments, including comparisons for which head-to-head clinical trial evidence is unavailable. Although methodological and repor...
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Performance and safety of a multi-cancer early detection test: the PATHFINDER 2 study
Abstract Early cancer detection improves survival; however, most cancer types do not have guideline-recommended screening. We previously reported the first PATHFINDER study that established feasibility of cancer screening with a blood-based multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tes...
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Background/aims Standardised treatment guidelines for endogenous fungal endophthalmitis (EFE) are lacking. The purpose of this study is to describe treatment strategies and clinical outcomes of eyes with EFE. Methods Retrospective cohort study performed at eight academic institut...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Intermediate risk thyroid cancer management: physician survey
Abstract Context Variability exists in use of radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment in intermediate risk (IR) thyroid cancer. Objective The study surveyed clinicians about their use of RAI in theoretical cases of patients with IR thyroid cancer. Design A survey presented patient cas...
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Delayed diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) increases the risk of diabetes-related health complications. Although signs of T2D are commonly identified in primary care, delays in diagnosis remain a significant challenge. The relationship between patient-level factors (e.g., demogra...
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Effects of ketone supplementation on metabolic and hormonal profiles in polycystic ovary syndrome
Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder characterized by metabolic dysfunction, hyperandrogenism, and reproductive hormone imbalance. This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effects of ketone supplementation on anthropometric, metabolic, and h...
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Highlights of the 2025 American Joint Replacement Registry Annual Report
The 2025 American Joint Replacement Registry Annual Report includes 4.6 million hip and knee arthroplasty procedures, with 4,434,668 validated cases, representing a 20% increase from the prior report. Registry participation continues to expand, with contributions from over 5000 s...
- Society & Economics
Transplant Infectious Diseases Work Standards—Results From a Mid‐Atlantic Regional Survey
BACKGROUND: As transplantation and cellular therapy expand, so must the transplant infectious diseases (TID) workforce; yet little is known about regional or national TID work standards for the existing workforce. This survey of TID clinicians in the mid-Atlantic region seeks to...
- Health & Medicine
INTRODUCTION: Patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) who decline allogeneic blood transfusion present a major management challenge, and comparative outcome data are limited. METHODS: We conducted a multicenter retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study acros...
- Health & Medicine
Hepatic artery infusion pump (HAIP) therapy has re-emerged as an important liver-directed treatment for colorectal liver metastases (CRLM), yet its integration into contemporary surgical workflows, including minimally invasive and combined procedures, remains incompletely charact...