Coexistent Non–Small Cell Carcinoma and Small Cell Carcinoma in a Patient Presenting with Hyponatremia by Mitchell D. Ross, Sreeja Biswas Roy, Pradnya D. Patil, Jasmine L. Huang, Nitika Thawani, Ralph Drosten, Tanmay S. Panchabhai

“…By the time lung cancer becomes symptomatic and patients seek treatment, it is often too advanced for curative measures. Low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening has been shown to reduce mortality in patients at high risk of lung cancer. …”
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Analysis of clinical and pathological prognostic factors of survival in rectal adenocarcinoma treated with preoperative radiochemotherapy by Sarhan Sydney Saad, Nora Forones, Gaspar Lopes Filho, Jaques Waisberg, Elesiario Caetano Júnior, Ricardo Artigiani-Neto, Delcio Matos

“…Methods: We studied 70 patients from the Discipline of Surgical Gastroenterology at Escola Paulista de Medicina from 2000 to 2019, with rectal cancer located up to 10 cm from the anal verge and with stages II or III, submitted to preoperative RCT and curative surgery (R0) and with follow-up of at least 12 months. …”
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A Novel Prognostic Signature Revealed the Interaction of Immune Cells in Tumor Microenvironment Based on Single-Cell RNA Sequencing for Lung Adenocarcinoma by Xing Jin, Zhengyang Hu, Qihai Sui, Mengnan Zhao, Jiaqi Liang, Zhenyu Liao, Yuansheng Zheng, Hao Wang, Yu Shi

“…We clustered the scRNA-seq dataset (integrating our FDZSH datasets and other public datasets) into 23 subpopulations. After curated cell annotation, we implemented Cibersort and WGCNA analysis to anchor the brown module and natural killer cell cluster1 due to the most relationship with tumor trait. …”
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Students’ Subjectness, Self-Efficacy and Psychological Well-Being: Comparative Research of Russian and Kazakhstan Students by V. G. Maralov, A. D. Kariyev, O. V. Krezhevskikh, M. A. Kudaka, L. E. Ageeva, E. N. Agranovich

“…The results obtained can be used in the course of student training, as well as in the work of curators of student groups and in the activities of the psychological service of universities.…”
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Effects of socioeconomic and human-modified landscape variables on medicinal species richness at a macroscale: the case of the Caatinga, Brazil by Aníbal Silva Cantalice, Thiago Gonçalves-Souza, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

“…Methods To address this, we tested whether knowledge of woody medicinal species—measured as the number of species known—is influenced by socioeconomic status, human-modified landscapes, and their interaction. We compiled and curated data on woody medicinal species from a systematic review encompassing diverse communities across the Caatinga region in North-east Brazil. …”
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HBV Core Promoter Inhibition by Tubulin Polymerization Inhibitor (SRI-32007) by Raj Kalkeri, Junzhong Peng, Chunsheng Huang, Zhaohui Cai, Roger G. Ptak, Mark J. Suto

“…However, despite the availability of potent nucleoside/tide inhibitors, currently there are no curative therapies for chronic HBV infections. To identify potential new antiviral molecules, a select group of compounds previously evaluated in clinical studies were tested against 12 different viruses. …”
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Next generation sequencing uncovers multiple miRNAs associated molecular targets in gallbladder cancer patients by Rahul Saxena, Baskar Chakrapani, M. P. Sarath Krishnan, Amit Gupta, Sweety Gupta, Jayanta Das, Subash C. Gupta, Anissa A. Mirza, Shalinee Rao, Bela Goyal

“…Abstract Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a lethal disease with surgical resection as the only curative treatment. However, many patients are ineligible for surgery, and current adjuvant treatments exhibit limited effectiveness. …”
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Advances in Therapy for Urothelial and Non-Urothelial Subtype Histologies of Advanced Bladder Cancer: From Etiology to Current Development by Whi-An Kwon, Ho Kyung Seo, Geehyun Song, Min-Kyung Lee, Weon Seo Park

“…For localized disease, curative options such as surgical resection or radiotherapy are available; however, treatment options become more limited in recurrence or metastasis, where systemic therapy is primarily used to control disease progression and palliate symptoms. …”
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Autoimmune Complications after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Children with Nonmalignant Disorders by Abdalla Khalil, Irena Zaidman, Reuven Bergman, Ronit Elhasid, Myriam Weyl Ben-Arush

“…Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the only curative treatment for many nonmalignant disorders, such as autoimmune disorders, inborn metabolic disorders, hemoglobinopathies, and immunodeficiency disorders. …”
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Eosinophilic Asthma Secondary to Adjuvant Anti-PD-1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment in a Melanoma Patient by P. Kissoonsingh, B. Sutton, Syed U. Iqbal, Lalit Pallan, Neil Steven, L. Khoja

“…Although a safe rechallenge with pembrolizumab was possible, treatment in the adjuvant setting is curative in intent and long-term safety follow-up is required to assess for delayed toxicity and long-term health implications. …”
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Comparison of metabarcoding taxonomic markers to describe fungal communities in fermented foods by Rué, Olivier, Coton, Monika, Dugat-Bony, Eric, Howell, Kate, Irlinger, Françoise, Legras, Jean-Luc, Loux, Valentin, Michel, Elisa, Mounier, Jérôme, Neuvéglise, Cécile, Sicard, Delphine

“…We created a database, including all mock species sequences for each barcode to compensate for the lack of curated data in available databases. Four bioinformatics tools (DADA2, QIIME, FROGS and a combination of DADA2 and FROGS) were compared. …”
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Alpha/beta values in pediatric medulloblastoma: implications for tailored approaches in radiation oncology by Danny Jazmati, Dennis Sohn, Juliane Hörner-Rieber, Nan Qin, Edwin Bölke, Jan Haussmann, Rudolf Schwarz, Niklas David Niggemeier, Arndt Borkhardt, Florian Babor, Triantafyllia Brozou, Melissa Felek, Balint Tamaskovics, Patrick Melchior, Thomas Beez, Beate Timmermann, Marc Remke, Stefanie Corradini, Rémi Till Schulz, Ronja-Linda Preugschas, Wilfried Budach, Christiane Matuschek

“…Conversely, hypofractionated radiotherapy is not advisable within a curative approach. This study presents significant potential by enabling the estimation of radiobiological fractionations and dose effects in young, vulnerable patients, highlighting its importance for advancing patient-specific therapeutic strategies.…”
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Intracranial aneurysm instability prediction model based on 4D-Flow MRI and HR-MRI by Fei Peng, Jiaxiang Xia, Fandong Zhang, Shiyu Lu, Hao Wang, Jiashu Li, Xinmin Liu, Yao Zhong, Jiahuan Guo, Yonghong Duan, Binbin Sui, Chuyang Ye, Yi Ju, Shuai Kang, Yizhou Yu, Xin Feng, Xingquan Zhao, Rui Li, Aihua Liu

“…This study aims to develop a reliable predictive model for assessing intracranial aneurysm (IA) instability by utilizing four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging (4D-Flow MRI) and high-resolution MRI (HR-MRI). Initially, we curated a prospective dataset, dubbed the primary cohort, by aggregating patient data that was consecutively enrolled across two centers from November 2018 to November 2021. …”
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Final Analysis of Post‐Marketing Surveillance for Avelumab + Axitinib in Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma in Japan by Norio Nonomura, Taito Ito, Masashi Sato, Makiko Morita, Mie Ogi, Masahiro Kajita, Mototsugu Oya

“…ABSTRACT Introduction Avelumab, an anti‐programmed death ligand 1 antibody, was approved in combination with axitinib for curatively unresectable or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in Japan in December 2019. …”
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Interventional factors influencing natural killer cell immunity in colorectal cancer: a systematic review by Wai Sinn Soh, Grace L. Burns, Tharindu Senanayake, Raquel Cameron, Kerith Duncanson, Guy D. Eslick, Sharmila S. Prasad, Stephen R. Smith, Simon Keely

“…Despite advances in curative CRC surgery, metastatic disease remains a significant problem. …”
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Analysis of 42 Years of Cosmic Ray Measurements by the Neutron Monitor at Lomnický štít Observatory by Imre Kisvárdai, Filip Štempel, Lukáš Randuška, Šimon Mackovjak, Ronald Langer, Igor Strhárský, Ján Kubančák

“…We processed the raw neutron monitor data, generating the first publicly accessible data set spanning 42 years. The curated continuous data are available in.csv format in hourly resolution from December 1981 to July 2023 and in minute resolution from January 2001 to July 2023 (Institute of Experimental Physics SAS, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10790915). …”
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Breast cancers with neuroendocrine differentiation: Retrospective case studies series from a single institution based on the 2019 WHO classification by Youngkyung Jeon, Ji-Yeon Kim, Jin Seok Ahn, Young-Hyuck Im, Kyuehee Choi, Sun Young Jeong, Yeji Jung, Jaeyeon Jang, Dae-Ho Choi, Joohyun Hong, Hyo Jung Kim, Soo Youn Cho, Yeon Hee Park

“…All patients were treated with curative intent surgery; five patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy, twelve patients received radiotherapy, six patients received adjuvant chemotherapy, and eight patients received hormone therapy. …”
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Twelve barriers to COPD diagnosis in France: a comparative qualitative study by Maxime Patout, Laurie Fraticelli, Maéva Zysman, Olivier Le Rouzic, Elisabetta Scanferla, Clémence Martin, Mathieu Delorme, Cécilia Nocent-Ejnaini, Guillaume Roucoux, Lize Kiakouama Maleka, Annaig Ozier, Yassine Benarbia, Lize Kiakouama, Olivier Le Rouzic, Jean-Paul Vasseur, Marie-Agnès Wiss-Laurent, Carla Zonca, Nissrine Erraji, Matthieu Chanard, Fabienne Peretz, Catherine Beseme, Antonio Correira Dos Santos, Héla Saïdi, Lynda Saïl

“…The article respects the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research guidelines.Results Three phases in the patients’ clinical pathway to diagnosis and 12 barriers were found: Phase 1 (symptoms before consultation; n=4), lack of COPD knowledge, symptom denial, fear of lung cancer, and delayed general practice consultations; Phase 2 (primary care; n=3), letting bronchitis become chronic, priority to diseases with similar symptoms and/or more serious diseases, lack of COPD screening devices, time and curative treatments; Phase 3 (specialised medicine; n=5), treatment before diagnosis, late referral to pulmonologists, difficulty in accessing specialists and examination results, patient’s reluctance to undergo further examinations, and need for additional tests to confirm a diagnosis.Conclusion People unaware of their COPD condition can encounter up to 12 barriers, which may combine before obtaining a formal diagnosis. …”
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Mechanism of mTOR/RILP-regulated autophagic flux in increased susceptibility to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion in diabetic mice by Jiyao Zhao, Wei Shi, Yan Zheng, Junjie Wang, Muzhao Yuan, Yultuz Anwar, Yuxuan He, Haiping Ma, Jianjiang Wu

“…This will provide a foundation for the clinical search for effective preventive and curative measures.MethodsThe transcriptomic alterations in autophagy-related genes following myocardial exposure to I/RI were analyzed by single-cell sequencing. …”
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Roman gems and finger-rings made of gold and glass from Nicea in Bithynia (south-eastern Marmara) by Fatih Hakan Kaya, Ergün Laflı, Martin Henig, Musa Albayrak

“…In this brief paper 22 objects comprising Roman engraved gemstones and finger-rings made of both gold and glass are presented, all of which are curated in the Archaeological Museum of İznik in south-eastern Marmara, Turkey. …”
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