Patient “No-Show” Prior to Elective Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Increases Risk of Postoperative Anemia by Jeffrey S. Mun, BA, Matthew W. Parry, MD, MS, Alex Tang, MD, Jesse J. Manikowski, MS, Cory Crinella, PA-C, John J. Mercuri, MD, MA

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Health-related Quality of Life and hospital costs of Finnish melanoma patients participating in the second Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial (MSLT-II) by Pia J. Heino, Jukka Pappinen, John F. Thompson, Micaela Hernberg, Tiina A. Jahkola, Mark B. Faries

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Radiation-induced rescue effect on human breast carcinoma cells is regulated by macrophages by Spoorthy Pathikonda, Li Tian, Clement Manohar Arava, Shuk Han Cheng, Yun Wah Lam

“…The susceptibility of cancer cells to DNA damages is influenced by their microenvironment. …”
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Swallowing-related muscle inflammation and fibrosis induced by a single dose of radiation exposure in mice by Shuntaro Soejima, Chia-Hsien Wu, Haruna Matsuse, Mariko Terakado, Shinji Okano, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Yoshihiko Kumai

“…Abstract Background Although radiotherapy is commonly used to treat head and neck cancer, it may lead to radiation-associated dysphagia (RAD). …”
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Integrative analysis of anoikis-related prognostic signature to evaluate the immune landscape and predict therapeutic response in stomach adenocarcinoma by Ziyi Zhou, Lanlan Yang, Yuan Fang, Rongzhong Xu, Xi Wang, Yuli Wang, Zhihong Fang

“…The results indicated that CRABP2 knockdown inhibited gastric cancer cell proliferation, migration and invasion, and promoted apoptosis. …”
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Isoacteoside alleviates hepatocellular carcinoma progression by inhibiting PDHB-mediated reprogramming of glucose metabolism by Lijun Zhao, Haonan Qi, Weiting Liu, Huiying Lv, Peixian Li, Wenyue Liu, Ruili Sun, Qiongzi Wang, Xiangpeng Wang

“…PDHB and Isoacteoside could be potential avenues for targeted and combination therapies in liver cancer.…”
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BTEX Exposure Assessment and Inhalation Health Risks to Traffic Policemen in the Klang Valley Region, Malaysia by Noor Fatihah Mohamad Fandi, Juliana Jalaludin, Mohd Talib Latif, Haris Hafizal Abd Hamid, Mohd Fairus Awang

“…A probabilistic method based on Monte Carlo simulation was applied to determine the cancer risk (CR) and hazard quotient (HQ), and a sensitivity analysis was performed to identify the greatest contributors to the estimated risks. …”
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A remarkable and durable response to tislelizumab treatment of an anaplastic thyroid carcinoma without targetable genomic alterations: a case report by Jingjing Chai, Jiaqi Lv, Jian Xiong, Xiuwen Chen, Senyuan Luo, Zhiguo Luo, Zhiguo Luo, Ming Luo

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Metabolic deficiencies underlie reduced plasmacytoid dendritic cell IFN-I production following viral infection by Trever T. Greene, Yeara Jo, Carolina Chiale, Monica Macal, Ziyan Fang, Fawziyah S. Khatri, Alicia L. Codrington, Katelynn R. Kazane, Elizabeth Akbulut, Shobha Swaminathan, Yu Fujita, Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Thekla Cordes, Christian Metallo, David A. Scott, Elina I. Zúñiga

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Helicobacter pylori infection diagnostics and choice of eradication treatment: results of inquiry of doctors from different regions of Russian Federation by N. N. Dekhnich, R. S. Kozlov, O. A. Sablin, Ye. A. Prischepova

“…Primary diagnostics of H. pylori infection is carried out at peptic ulcer and chronic gastritis by 85 and 84% of surveyed doctors, at GERD - by 59.4%, at NSAID -related gastropathy - by 32%, at MALT lymphoma by 32%, at stomach cancer - by 30.7% and at autoimmune thrombocytopenia - by 16.8% respectively. …”
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Helicobacter pylori CagA+ strains modulate colorectal pathology by regulating intestinal flora by Shasha Cui, Xinqiang Liu, Fengxia Han, Lu Zhang, Jingjing Bu, Sainan Wu, Jiafen Wang

“…Conclusion HP CagA+ strains are capable of causing gut microbiota dysbiosis to develop destruction of intestinal barrier, and it may affect the development of colorectal cancer by increasing colonization of Staphylococcus and Corynebacterium.…”
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Diagnostic Performance of Deep Learning Applications in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Detection Using Computed Tomography Imaging by Enes Şahin, Ozan Can Tatar, Mehmet Eşref Ulutaş, Sertaç Ata Güler, Turgay Şimşek, Nihat Zafer Utkan, Nuh Zafer Cantürk

“…Background/Aims: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a prevalent cancer that significantly contributes to mortality globally, primarily due to its late diagnosis. …”
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Two rare cases of primary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urethra: clinical experience, case report and literature review by Bohao Jiang, Jiyuan Hu, Benqiao Wang, Xujia Liu, Ling Tong, Yitong Xu, Hao Zhang

“…BackgroundPrimary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urethra (CCAU) is a kind of extremely rare genitourinary cancer. Despite the similarity in the clinical manifestations of these reported cases, diagnosis and determination of standard therapy remain challenging due to the rarity of findings and similarity with other urethral tumors.Case presentationHerein, we reported two cases of CCAU with the same chief complaint of hematuria: a 71-year-old female and a 66-year-old male. …”
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Parents’ use of coercive and indulgent feeding practices for children with avid eating behaviour: an Ecological Momentary Assessment study by Abigail Pickard, Katie L. Edwards, Claire Farrow, Emma Haycraft, Moritz Herle, Clare Llewellyn, Helen Croker, Alice Kininmonth, Jacqueline Blissett

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Regulation of NK cell development, maturation, and antitumor responses by the nuclear receptor NR2F6 by Johannes Woelk, Florian Hornsteiner, Stephanie Aschauer-Wallner, Patrizia Stoitzner, Gottfried Baier, Natascha Hermann-Kleiter

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Healthcare Costs and Resource Use Associated With Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Cervical Conization: A Retrospective Study of German Statutory Health Insurance Claims Data by Anna-Janina Stephan, Miriam Reuschenbach, Kunal Saxena, Vimalanand S. Prabhu, Christian Jacob, Kim M. Schneider, Wolfgang Greiner, Regine Wölle, Monika Hampl

“…High-grade CIN (CIN2/CIN3) may develop from persistent HPV infection and progress to cervical cancer if left untreated. Management of CIN includes conservative surveillance or ablation and excision by conization. …”
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Performance of artificial intelligence on cervical vertebral maturation assessment: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Termeh Sarrafan Sadeghi, Seyed AmirHossein Ourang, Fatemeh Sohrabniya, Soroush Sadr, Parnian Shobeiri, Saeed Reza Motamedian

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Impact of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation on cardiopulmonary function and prognosis in ST elevation myocardial infarction after PCI patients in extremely cold regions by Shenglong Hou, Li Liu, Jing Yao, Qi Zhao, Wei Feng, Qingqing Liu, Mou Zou, Ruoxi Zhang, Hongtao Yin, Huimin Xian

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Factors associated with in-hospital mortality in octogenarians managed by geriatric service in a referral hospital in Colombia by Carlos Mario Cortes Bahamon, Jenny Rodríguez Ángel, Jennifer Katherine Ballesteros Tapias, Diego Andrés Chavarro-Carvajal, Oscar Mauricio Muñoz

“…Factors independently associated with mortality were history of cancer (Odds ratio (OR): 2.31; 95% Confidence interval (CI): 1.34–3.98, p  < 0.003), delirium (OR: 2.48; 95% CI: 1.44–4.28, p  < 0.001), malnutrition (OR: 2.50; 95% CI: 1.46–4.28; p  = 0.001), frailty (OR: 2.25; 95% CI: 1.13–4.45, p  = 0.019), tachypnea on admission (OR: 1.09; 95% CI: 1.03–1.14, p  = 0.002), and creatinine elevation (OR: 2.47; 95% CI: 1.47–4.15, p  = 0.001). …”
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Validation of Mortality Data Sources Compared to the National Death Index in the Healthcare Integrated Research Database by Jamal-Allial A, Sponholtz T, Vojjala SK, Paullin M, Papazian A, Eshete B, Mahmoudpour SH, Verpillat P, Beachler DC

“…This validation study assesses the accuracy of various mortality data sources with the NDI.Methods: This validation study is a secondary analysis of an advanced cancer cohort in the US between January 2010 and December 2018, with an established NDI linkage. …”
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