Airborne Levels of Lung Carcinogens at an Ascon Manufacturing Site by Kyeongmin Lee, Sungwon Choi, Miyeon Kim, Dongwoo Song, Ki-Youn Kim

“…This study presents the first environmental evaluation at an ascon production facility in terms of substances that cause lung cancer.…”
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Efficacy of soft palatal augmentation prosthesis for oral functional rehabilitation in patients with dysarthria and dysphagia: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Naoki Kodama, Tomonori Yokoyama, Takao Mukai, Kana Takao, Takashi Hiraoka, Nobuyuki Arai, Jitsuro Yano, Hiroaki Nagatsuka, Yousuke Manda, Kozo Hanayama, Shogo Minagi

“…Introduction Palatal augmentation prosthesis (PAP) is used in patients with articulation and swallowing disorders caused by postoperative loss of tongue tissue due to tongue cancer, cerebrovascular disease sequelae and age-related hypofunction. …”
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Systemic therapy of skin metastatic melanoma with BRAF gene mutation by Yu. S. Shakh-Paronyants, S. V. Cheporov, N. P. Shiryaev, A. V. Ukgarskiy, P. V. Nesterov, N. S. Korzina

“…In the second group of patients, stabilization was noted in 39.6 % of patients, partial response in 25.6 % of patients, complete response was absent.Conclusion. The use of cancer immunotherapy drugs in the first line of treatment in patients with metastatic melanoma of the skin and the presence of BRAF mutation in the short term is not inferior in effectiveness to the use of targeted drugs, and in the medium and long term exceeds targeted drugs.…”
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Prognostic Impact of miR-224 and RAS Mutations in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma by Elisabetta Cavedon, Susi Barollo, Loris Bertazza, Gianmaria Pennelli, Francesca Galuppini, Sara Watutantrige-Fernando, Simona Censi, Maurizio Iacobone, Clara Benna, Federica Vianello, Stefania Zovato, Davide Nacamulli, Caterina Mian

“…Little is known about the function of microRNA-224 (miR-224) in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). This study investigated the role of miR-224 expression in MTC and correlated it with mutation status in sporadic MTCs. …”
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Femoral Head Pathology in Subcapital Hip Fractures: Clinical Value and Cost-Effectiveness in a 230-Patient Case Series by Nissim Ohana, Omer Marom, David Segal, Refael Behrbalk, Yuval Ben-Sira, Alex Tavdi, Ezequiel Palmanovich, Eyal Yaacobi

“…The most common malignancies detected were breast cancer and multiple myeloma (three cases each). None of the findings led to changes in patient management. …”
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Synthetic CT generation from CBCT and MRI using StarGAN in the Pelvic Region by Paritt Wongtrakool, Chanon Puttanawarut, Pimolpun Changkaew, Supakiet Piasanthia, Pareena Earwong, Nauljun Stansook, Suphalak Khachonkham

“…The dataset comprised 53 cases of pelvic cancer. Evaluation involved qualitative and quantitative analyses, focusing on synthetic image quality and dose distribution calculation. …”
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Harmful impacts of microplastic pollution on poultry and biodegradation techniques using microorganisms for consumer health protection: A review by Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack, Elwy A. Ashour, Fatemah AlMalki, Asmaa F. Khafaga, Mahmoud Moustafa, Mohammed O. Alshaharni, Islam M. Youssef, Ahmed A. Elolimy, Sylwester Świątkiewicz

“…In humans, exposure to microplastics can lead to inflammation, immune responses, metabolic disturbances, DNA damage, neurological damage, and even cancer upon contact with mucosal membranes or absorption into the body. …”
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A Critical Appraisal of System-Reported Organ Dose (OD) Versus Manually Calculated Mean Glandular Dose (MGD) in Dubai’s Mammography Services by Kaltham Abdulwahid Mohammad Noor, Norhashimah Mohd Norsuddin, Muhammad Khalis Abdul Karim, Iza Nurzawani Che Isa, Vaidehi Ulaganathan

“…These findings empower practitioners to optimize dose levels, ensuring safer and more effective breast cancer screening protocols.…”
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Molecular Responses of Human Retinal Cells to Infection with Dengue Virus by Jillian M. Carr, Liam M. Ashander, Julie K. Calvert, Yuefang Ma, Amanda Aloia, Gustavo G. Bracho, Soon-Phaik Chee, Binoy Appukuttan, Justine R. Smith

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Phytochemicals of Vitis vinifera L. var. King Ruby protect mice from benzo(a)pyrene-induced lung injury by Gehad S. Ahmedy, Hend M. Selim, Mona El-Aasr, Souzan M. Ibrahim, Suzy A. El-Sherbeni

“…Abstract The world’s concern about smoking hazards, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer was the motivation to investigate plants as a source of new drugs with lung protective effect. …”
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Synthesis and evaluation of antitumor activity of new 4-substituted thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine and thienotriazolopyrimidine derivatives by Hafez Hend N., El-Gazzar Abdel-Rhman B. A.

“…The majority of the newly synthesized compounds displayed potent anticancer activity, comparable to that of doxorubicin, on three human cancer cell lines, including the human breast adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF-7), cervical carcinoma cell line (HeLa) and colonic carcinoma cell line (HCT- 116). …”
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An Intelligent System for Classifying Patient Complaints Using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing: Development and Validation Study by Xiadong Li, Qiang Shu, Canhong Kong, Jinhu Wang, Gang Li, Xin Fang, Xiaomin Lou, Gang Yu

“…A dataset containing 1465 complaint records from 2019 to 2023 was used for training and validation, with an additional 376 complaints from Hangzhou Cancer Hospital serving as an external test set. Complaints were categorized into 4 types—communication problems, diagnosis and treatment issues, management problems, and sense of responsibility concerns. …”
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Rationale and design of the HOVON 170 DLBCL-ANTICIPATE trial: preventing anthracycline-induced cardiac dysfunction with dexrazoxane by Marijke Linschoten, Jesse Geels, Erik van Werkhoven, Heleen Visser-Wisselaar, Martine E. D. Chamuleau, Arco J. Teske, Lourens Robbers, Simone Oerlemans, Heleen Crommelin, Marleen Breems-de Ridder, Astrid Schut, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Anna van Rhenen, on behalf of the HOVON 170 DLBCL – ANTICIPATE consortium

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Usp11 maintained the survival of marginal zone B cells under ionizing radiation by deubiquitinating DLL1 and JAG2 by Jiaqi Sheng, Depei Wu, Jingzhe Shang, Xiaodan Fu, He Gao, Jianjie Rong, Jun Wang, Jiancheng Hu, Xiaofei Qi

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Low Serum miR-607 Level as a Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker in Patients of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Preliminary Study by Dawei Jiang, Xiangfei Yuan, Jianqi Ni, Lan Shen, Min Cai, Liu Xu

“…One of the microRNAs (miRNAs) known to be associated with cancer development is miR-607. The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical significance and diagnostic and prognostic value of miR-607 and to explore its potential role in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). …”
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A Nomogram Built on Clinical Factors and CT Attenuation Scores for Predicting Treatment Response of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients by Linna Liu, Wenzheng Lu, Li Xiong, Han Qi, Robert Peter Gale, Bin Yin

“…<b>Background:</b> Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive cancer with variable treatment responses. While clinical factors such as age and genetic mutations contribute to prognosis, recent studies suggest that CT attenuation scores may also predict treatment outcomes. …”
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Nicotine-induced CHRNA5 activation modulates CES1 expression, impacting head and neck squamous cell carcinoma recurrence and metastasis via MEK/ERK pathway by Chen Feng, Wei Mao, Chenyang Yuan, Pin Dong, Yuying Liu

“…Additionally, laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer tissues are analyzed through immunohistochemistry. …”
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Efectividad del tratamiento con dieta, ejercicios físicos, metformina y tintura de ajo en pacientes con obesidad mórbida by Norileiny Lugones Clavero, Juliet de la Caridad Brito Bejerano, Amaury Ledón Casals, Mayulin Bárbara Argote Molina, Teresa María Pedroso Garriga, Madelayne Cruz Valle

“…Introducción: La obesidad es una enfermedad multifactorial, crónica, asociada íntimamente a otros padecimientos que presentan elevada morbimortalidad, como la diabetes tipo 2, la hipertensión arterial, dislipemias, enfermedad cardiovascular y ciertos tipos de cáncer. Se considera como la enfermedad crónica no transmisible más frecuente. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and reasons for non-uptake of human papilloma virus vaccination among nursing students by Soni Chauhan, Surya Kant Tiwari, Vishal Dubey, Pragya Tripathi, Priyanka Pandey, Anuj Singh, Narendra Pal Singh Choudhary

“…Abstract Background Cervical cancer is a significant health issue, especially in low- and middle-income countries like India, where it ranks fourth among women. …”
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Development of a cell-penetrating peptide-based nanocomplex for long-term delivery of intact mitochondrial DNA into epithelial cells by Kyrie Wilson, Charles Holjencin, Hwaran Lee, Balasubramaniam Annamalai, Masaaki Ishii, Jeremy L. Gilbert, Andrew Jakymiw, Bärbel Rohrer

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