Nagoya Medical Center

Sex-based survival differences in patients with untreated advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma receiving chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors: a meta-analysis

Purpose Chemotherapy combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is the standard first-line treatment for patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Evidence from other tumour types suggests that biological sex may influence ICI efficacy, but this re...

Association of medical visit frequency with cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with dyslipidaemia: a cohort study using a Japanese claims database

Abstract Background Dyslipidaemia is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; however, the optimal frequency of medical visits remains unclear. Objective To examine whether medical visit frequency is associated with the incidence of cardiac events, cer...