Bipolar Transurethral Incision of Bladder Neck Stenoses with Mitomycin C Injection by Timothy D. Lyon, Omar M. Ayyash, Matthew C. Ferroni, Kevin J. Rycyna, Mang L. Chen

“…Patients who underwent bipolar transurethral incision of BNS (TUIBNS) with MMC injection at our institution from 2013 to 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. A total of 2 mg of 40% mitomycin C solution was injected in four quadrants of the treated BNS. …”
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Preoperative comprehensive risk estimation for axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer: development and verification of a network-based prediction model by Baoqi Sun, Guangdong Shao, Mingming Shi, Zenggang Sun, Xiaolin Wang, Yining Song, Zheng Sun, Zhanjie Jin, Chunhong Xu, Guolou Li

“…Abstract To prevent the overaggressive treatment of axillary lymph nodes (ALNs) in breast cancer, it is necessary to develop a convenient analysis method that accurately and comprehensively reflects whether ALNs are metastatic or nonmetastatic. We retrospectively analyzed data from patients who underwent surgery for breast cancer at the Weifang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine between January 2019 and June 2023. …”
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Does Thrombocyte Size Give Us an Idea about Thrombocytosis Etiology? by Selami Kocak Toprak, Betul Erismis, Sema Karakus, Nazmiye Kursun, Aysegul Haberal, Mustafa Gurhan Ulusoy

“…Medical records of 49 patients, consisting of reactive thrombocytosis (RT) and ET were retrospectively reviewed. The mean MPV level in RT group was 7.49 fL, and in ET group was 8.80 fL (P<0.01). …”
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Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients with Nephrotic Syndrome: Application of Lymphocyte Subset Analysis in Predicting Clinical Outcomes by Yang Liu, Ke Zheng, Yecheng Liu, Huadong Zhu

“…This study aimed at identifying prognostic factors of PCP in patients with nephrotic syndrome. Methods. We retrospectively investigated patients with nephrotic syndrome who were diagnosed with PCP. …”
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The diagnosis and treatment of 56 cases of breast hamartoma: a single-center analysis and a review of the literature by Hao Su, Caiyun Bai, Zhimin Fan, Di Wu, Fengjiang Qu

“…IntroductionTo analyze and summarize the clinical and pathological features of breast hamartoma to enhance clinicians’ awareness of this rare and benign lesion of the breast.MethodsWe retrospectively described the clinical data, imaging results, and pathological findings of 56 patients with breast hamartoma who underwent surgical treatment at the First Hospital of Jilin University between January 2005 and December 2020, and summarized the features. …”
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Comparison of User-Directed and Automatic Mapping of the Planned Isocenter to Treatment Space for Prostate IGRT by Zijie Xu, Ronald Chen, Andrew Wang, Andrea Kress, Mark Foskey, An Qin, Timothy Cullip, Gregg Tracton, Sha Chang, Joel Tepper, Di Yan, Edward Chaney

“…The purpose of this study was to retrospectively compare a fully automatic approach, including a non-rigid step, against a user-directed rigid method implemented in a clinical IGRT protocol for prostate cancer. …”
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Fully Covered Metallic Stents for the Treatment of Benign Airway Stenosis by Caroline Dahlqvist, Sebahat Ocak, Maximilien Gourdin, Anne Sophie Dincq, Laurie Putz, Jean-Paul d’Odémont

“…Their medical files were retrospectively reviewed in December 2014, with focus on stent’s tolerance and durability data. …”
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Whip use in trotting racing–effects on speed change and finishing position by Agneta Sandberg, Agneta Sandberg, Mirielle Melani, Adam Flöhr, Jenny Yngvesson

“…Race videos were analyzed retrospectively, whip strikes were registered and compared with changes in speed, which could be read out of position data from the same races. …”
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Role of Colchicine Treatment in Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS): Real-Life Data from the AIDA Network by Antonio Vitale, Jurgen Sota, Laura Obici, Nicola Ricco, Maria Cristina Maggio, Marco Cattalini, Piero Ruscitti, Francesco Caso, Raffaele Manna, Ombretta Viapiana, Valeria Caggiano, Giacomo Emmi, Antonella Insalaco, Davide Montin, Francesco Licciardi, Alessandra Soriano, Lorenzo Dagna, Carlo Salvarani, Vittoria Lamacchia, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Roberto Giacomelli, Bruno Frediani, Alessandra Renieri, Luca Cantarini

“…Patients with TRAPS treated with colchicine monotherapy were retrospectively enrolled; demographic, clinical and therapeutic data were collected and statistically analysed after having clustered patients according to different times at disease onset, penetrance of mutations, dosage of colchicine, and different disease manifestations. …”
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Integrating genetic subtypes with PET scan monitoring to predict outcome in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by Matías S. Mendeville, Jurriaan Janssen, G. Tjitske Los-de Vries, Erik van Dijk, Julia Richter, Marcel Nijland, Margaretha G. M. Roemer, Phylicia Stathi, Nathalie J. Hijmering, Reno Bladergroen, Diego A. Pelaz, Arjan Diepstra, Corinne J. Eertink, Coreline N. Burggraaff, Yongsoo Kim, Pieternella J. Lugtenburg, Anke van den Berg, Alexandar Tzankov, Stefan Dirnhofer, Ulrich Dührsen, Andreas Hüttmann, Wolfram Klapper, Josée M. Zijlstra, Bauke Ylstra, Daphne de Jong

“…We performed Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and LymphGen genetic subtyping for the HOVON84 (n = 208, EudraCT-2006-005174-42) and PETAL (n = 204, EudraCT-2006-001641-33) trials retrospectively combined with DFCI genetic data (n = 304). …”
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Influence of the Sex of Translocation Carrier on Clinical Outcomes of Couples Undergoing Preimplantation Genetic Testing by Zhiping Zhang, Jiayao Chen, Lei Zhang, Ruiyang Wei, Zhen Liu, Dunmei Zhao, Xingyu Bi, Lixia Liang, Xueluo Zhang, Dan Su, Xueqing Wu

“…Methods Couples were grouped into reciprocal translocation, Robertsonian translocation, or inversions groups, and clinical data were retrospectively analyzed. Preimplantation genetic testing for chromosomal structural rearrangements (PGT‐SR) was conducted, and pregnancy outcomes were compared. …”
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Endoscopic Submucosal Tunnel Dissection for Large Gastric Neoplastic Lesions: A Case-Matched Controlled Study by Xiuxue Feng, Enqiang Linghu, Ningli Chai, Zhongsheng Lu, Xiangdong Wang, Ping Tang, Jiangyun Meng, Hong Du, Hongbin Wang

“…The clinicopathological records of patients performed with ESTD or endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for SGLs between January 2012 and January 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. 7 cases undergoing ESTD were enrolled to form the ESTD group. …”
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Neonatal Outcomes of Late-Preterm Birth Associated or Not with Intrauterine Growth Restriction by Cristiane Ortigosa Rocha, Roberto Eduardo Bittar, Marcelo Zugaib

“…To compare neonatal morbidity and mortality between late-preterm intrauterine growth-restricted (IUGR) and appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) infants of the comparable gestational ages (GAs). Methods. We retrospectively analyzed neonatal morbidity and mortality of 50 singleton pregnancies involving fetuses with IUGR delivered between 34 and 36 6/7 weeks of GA due to maternal and/or fetal indication. …”
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Prenatal Cytogenetic Findings in 13.466 Cases of High-Risk Pregnant Women in One Laboratory by Leyla Özer, Evrim Ünsal, Özge Ayvaz, Aşkın Şen, Volkan Baltacı

“…All of the cytogenetic findings were assessed retrospectively. We compared the cytogenetic results in the distribution of indication groups. …”
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Distal Femur Allograft Prosthetic Composite Reconstruction for Short Proximal Femur Segments following Tumor Resection by Bryan S. Moon, Nathan F. Gilbert, Christopher P. Cannon, Patrick P. Lin, Valerae O. Lewis

“…Twelve patients were retrospectively identified who had a distal femoral APC reconstruction between 1994 and 2007 to salvage an extremity with a segment of remaining bone that was less than 20 centimeters in length. …”
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Predictive and Prognostic Role of Lipocalin-2 Expression in Prostate Cancer and Its Association with Gleason Score by M. Hakan Ulusoy, Yalcin Cirak, Yasemen Adali

“…The objective of this study is to determine the expression level of lipocalin-2 in human prostate cancer tissues and to evaluate the relationship between its expression level and clinicopathologic parameters including response to docetaxel treatment, Gleason score, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). We retrospectively analyzed paraffin-embedded tissue sections from 33 metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients whose clinical outcomes had been tracked after docetaxel treatment. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Sitagliptin for the Treatment of New-Onset Diabetes after Renal Transplantation by Brian P. Boerner, Clifford D. Miles, Vijay Shivaswamy

“…However, long-term sitagliptin use for the treatment of NODAT in kidney transplant recipients has not been studied. We retrospectively analyzed renal transplant recipients diagnosed with NODAT and treated with sitagliptin to assess safety and efficacy. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for non-sentinel lymph node metastasis in patients with sentinel lymph node-negative breast cancer by ZHANG Fengzhe, TONG Yiwei, CHEN Xiaosong, SHEN Kunwei

“…Methods Patients with breast cancer who underwent mastectomy and SLN biopsy at our center between January 2009 and August 2024 were retrospectively included. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed in SLN-negative populations underwent low axillary lymph node dissection to identify risk factors for NSLN metastasis. …”
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Urothelial Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder in Young Adults: Presentation, Clinical behavior and Outcome by Michael Nomikos, Athanasios Pappas, Maria-Emmanouela Kopaka, Stavros Tzoulakis, Ioannis Volonakis, Georgios Stavrakakis, Georgios Avgenakis, Ploutarchos Anezinis

“…We evaluated clinical characteristics, tumor recurrence and progression in patients younger than 40 years old with urothelial bladder carcinoma. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 31 patients less than 40 years old who were firstly managed with bladder urothelial carcinoma in our department. …”
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A network-based analysis anticipates time to recovery from major depression revealing a plasticity by context interplay by Claudia Delli Colli, Aurelia Viglione, Silvia Poggini, Francesca Cirulli, Flavia Chiarotti, Alessandro Giuliani, Igor Branchi

“…Symptom severity was assessed using the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology while the context was measured at enrollment with the Quality-of-Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire. Patients were retrospectively grouped based on both their time to response or remission and their plasticity levels at baseline assessed through a network-based mathematical approach that operationalizes plasticity as the inverse of the symptom network connectivity strength. …”
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