Flexible Microstrip Antenna for Skin Contact Application by Sudhir Shrestha, Mangilal Agarwal, Parvin Ghane, Kody Varahramyan

“…A specific application of the antenna in microwave breast imaging is considered. Analytical results using simulation models and experimental results using skin phantoms are presented and discussed.…”
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A Near-Infrared Optical Tomography System Based on Photomultiplier Tube by Huacheng Feng, Jing Bai, Xiaolei Song, Gang Hu, Junjie Yao

“…It plays an important role in many fields, such as detecting breast cancer and monitoring the cerebra oxygenation. …”
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A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Relating Multiple SNPs within Multiple Genes to Disease Risk by Lewei Duan, Duncan C. Thomas

“…The method is applied to data on 504 SNPs in 38 candidate genes involved in DNA damage response in the WECARE study of second breast cancers in relation to radiotherapy exposure.…”
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Novel Genes Potentially Involved in Fibroblasts of Diabetic Wound by Weirong Zhu, Qin Fang, Zhao Liu, Qiming Chen

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Deep Seated Lobular Capillary Hemangioma (Pyogenic Granuloma) of the Colon: A Rare Case Requiring Surgery beyond Endoscopic Management by Jaechun Park, Minjung Jung

“…A 41-year-old woman presented with an incidental colonic mass during a systemic workup after adjuvant chemotherapy for HER2-positive breast cancer. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a deep seated colonic mass in the splenic flexure. …”
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Bayesian Classifier with Simplified Learning Phase for Detecting Microcalcifications in Digital Mammograms by Imad Zyout, Ikhlas Abdel-Qader, Christina Jacobs

“…Detection of clustered microcalcifications (MCs) in mammograms represents a significant step towards successful detection of breast cancer since their existence is one of the early signs of cancer. …”
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Colorectal cancer spectrum: From subtypes and epidemiology to oncotherapies by Nidhi Agrawal, S.K. Lanjhiyana, Meenakshi Jaiswal, Mohammad Akbar Siddiqui, Sakshi Gupta

“…Colorectal cancer (CRC) has an incidence rate of 10 ​% and is the third most common cause of mortality worldwide, following breast and lung cancer. The clinical symptoms of CRC appear in the last phases of the disease and there is a substantial golden period between the formation of polyps and the onset of cancer. …”
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New Fuzzy Support Vector Machine for the Class Imbalance Problem in Medical Datasets Classification by Xiaoqing Gu, Tongguang Ni, Hongyuan Wang

“…Five real-world medical datasets, breast, heart, hepatitis, BUPA liver, and pima diabetes, from the UCI medical database are employed to illustrate the method presented in this paper. …”
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Regulatory role of PPAR in colorectal cancer by Cong Wang, Tingcong Lv, Binghui Jin, Yang Li, Zhe Fan

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Neoadjuvant anti-PD-1-based immunotherapy: evolving a new standard of care by Drew M Pardoll, Suzanne L Topalian

“…Groundbreaking regulatory approvals in triple-negative breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma will certainly be followed by additional approvals in other disease indications, as clinical and basic research are burgeoning globally in hundreds of clinical trials across dozens of cancer types. …”
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Physical and chemical properties of three wild almond wood species grown in Zagros forests by Leila Fathi, Redžo Hasanagić, Yaghoob Iranmanesh, Mohammad Dahmardeh Ghalehno, Miha Humar, Mohsen Bahmani

“…Three adult trees of each species were chosen, and samples were prepared from the breast height diameter to measure the focal properties. …”
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New Antibody Conjugates in Cancer Therapy by Serengulam V. Govindan, David M. Goldenberg

“…The area of drug-conjugated antibodies is progressing with encouraging data published for the trastuzumab-DM1 conjugate in a phase I clinical trial in HER2-positive breast cancer. The Dock-and-Lock platform technology has contributed to the design and the evaluation of complex antibody-cytokine and antibody-toxin conjugates. …”
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Reinforcing cancer immunotherapy with engineered porous hollow mycobacterium tuberculosis loaded with tumor neoantigens by Jie Jiang, Feng-Ying Huang, Shu-Zhen Dai, Guang-Hong Tan, Ming-Hui Chen, Hengyu Chen, Wu-Ping Zheng, Ri-Hong Wu, Weijing Xie

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Rat Model of Cystic Neutrophilic Granulomatous Mastitis by Corynebacterium Kroppenstedtii by Wang M, Zeng Y, Liu M, Zhang D, Zhao D, Wang J, Liu Y, Zhao W

“…The expression levels of C-reactive protein and interleukin-1 beta were detected.Results: Rats in groups A, D, and E exhibited breast masses with erythema, with some showing ulceration, and granulomatous structures in pathological. …”
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Carbon Material Hybrid Construction on an Aptasensor for Monitoring Surgical Tumors by Renyuan Ma, Subash C. B. Gopinath, Thangavel Lakshmipriya, Yeng Chen

“…Generally, overexpression of CEA is found in various cancers, including ovarian, breast, lung, colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic cancers. …”
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Perioperative Management of Patient with Systemic Mastocytosis Going for Total Thyroidectomy by Ammar AlShaker, Saud Al-Rasheedi, Yousef Al-Jebrin, Munira Al-Masaad, Nawaf M. Al-Mutairi

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Gaussian barebone mechanism and wormhole strategy enhanced moth flame optimization for global optimization and medical diagnostics. by Jingjing Ma, Zhifang Zhao, Lin Zhang

“…Subsequently, BWEMFO-KELM undergoes diagnostic and predictive experimentation on three distinct medical datasets: the breast cancer dataset, colorectal cancer datasets, and mammographic dataset. …”
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Folic Acid: Sources, Chemistry, Absorption, Metabolism, Beneficial Effects on Poultry Performance and Health by Herinda Pertiwi, Mohamad Yusril Nur Mahendra, Juriah Kamaludeen

“…The effect of FA on poultry performance is to increase reproductive tract development, FA content in eggs, hatchability, weight gain, average initial body weight, feed intake, relative growth rate, chick body weight, breast fillet percentage, and reduce FCR and white striping score. …”
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The micro(nano)plastics perspective: exploring cancer development and therapy by Xiangying Deng, Yajun Gui, Lin Zhao

“…Although current studies suggest an association between microplastics and certain cancers (e.g., lung, liver, and breast cancers), the long-term effects and specific mechanisms still need to be studied. …”
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Safety of Pegfilgrastim (Neulasta) in Patients with Sickle Cell Trait/Anemia by Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi, Mrinal M. Patnaik, Prema P. Peethambaram

“…Here we present a case of a Caucasian female with known sickle cell trait (SCT) with no prior complications who developed a presumed sickle cell crisis after getting Neulasta, as a part of the chemotherapy regimen used to treat her breast cancer. Based on our literature review, this appears to be the first case report of a patient with SCT developing a sickle cell crisis with the pegylated form of recombinant filgrastim. …”
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