Effectiveness, toxicity and impact on quality of life of high-dose-rate brachytherapy delivered in two fractions as monotherapy in patients with prostate cancer by Johan Staby Olsén, Antonis Valachis, Bengt Johansson

“…Methods: We included consecutive patients who received 28 Gy HDR-BT in two fractions (14 Gy × 2) as monotherapy during 2005 to 2021 at our institution. …”
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Computational Study Protocol: Leveraging Synthetic Data to Validate a Benchmark Study for Differential Abundance Tests for 16S Microbiome Sequencing Data [version 2; peer review: 2... by Clemens Kreutz, Eva Kohnert

“…Building on Nearing et al.’s study (1), who assessed 14 differential abundance tests using 38 experimental 16S rRNA datasets in a case-control design, we are generating synthetic datasets that mimic the experimental data to verify their findings. …”
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Autologous Fat Grafting in the Treatment of Painful Postsurgical Scar of the Oral Mucosa by Andrea Lisa, Valeria Summo, Valeria Bandi, Luca Maione, Matteo Murolo, Francesco Klinger, Marco Klinger

“…We describe the case of a 47-year-old female who presented a retractile scar that adhered to deep planes at the upper right of the vestibule due to surgical removal of maxillary exostosis, which determined important pain symptoms extending till the right shoulder during both chewing and rest. …”
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New‐Occurrence of Postoperative Modic Changes and Its Influence on the Surgical Prognosis After Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Disc Discectomy by Lei Li, Chao Wang, Hao Zhang, Zhiming Liu, Zheng Lian, Han Li, Hao Tao, Xuexiao Ma

“…Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from 419 patients with single‐segment lumbar disc herniation who underwent PELD between January 2019 and December 2022. …”
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Effects of trigger-day progesterone in c-IVF/ICSI cycles on blastocyst culture outcomes by Yating Sun, Jia Wang, Luyun Zhang, Yanjun Chang, Aizhen Zhu

“…ObjectiveTo assess whether trigger-day progesterone (P) levels in conventional in vitro fertilization (c-IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles are associated with blastocyst culture outcomes.MethodsIn this retrospective analysis, 747 eligible patients (747 cycles) who adopted the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist protocol and underwent c-IVF/ICSI between January 2021 to June 2024 were recruited. …”
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Role of Ultrasonography in Monitoring Chemotherapeutic Effects on Primary Thyroid Lymphoma: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Shirong Liu, Ying Fu, Ligang Cui, Shumin Wang, Shi Tan

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> This retrospective analysis included 17 patients with PTL who received chemotherapy from 2012 to 2022. The sonographic features were examined pre- and post-treatment using ultrasound (US) to monitor the treatment response at the first to second, third to fourth, and end cycles of chemotherapy and follow-up, and progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed. …”
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Appropriate Blood Pressure in Cerebral Aneurysm Clipping for Prevention of Delayed Ischemic Neurologic Deficits by Cattleya Thongrong, Pornthep Kasemsiri, Pichayen Duangthongphon, Amnat Kitkhuandee

“…A retrospective, hospital-based, case-control study was performed with patients who received general anesthesia for cerebral aneurysm clipping. 42 medical record charts were randomly selected and matched 1 : 2 (1 case with DNID : 2 controls without DNID) based on the type of general anesthetic techniques and severity of subarachnoid hemorrhage. …”
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Principles for increasing equity in WASH research: understanding barriers faced by LMIC WASH researchers by J'Anna-Mare Lue, Salamata Bah, Kaelah Grant, Justine Lee, Leila Nzekele, James B. Tidwell

“…The social-ecological model was combined with this framework to identify the types of actors and the level of co-ordination needed to address these issues. Researchers who worked in both LMICs and high-income countries at different career stages were particularly aware of discrimination. …”
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Assessment of Management Factors Influencing Vaccination Against Cholera in the Health District of Katana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Irène Ntererwa-Nsimire, Leonid M Irenge, Paulin B Mutombo, Eric M Mafuta, Jean-Luc Gala, Dosithée Ngo-Bebe

“…The survey targeted households (n = 404) with 1 adult person per household responding on behalf of all the members of the household and key informants (KI) who were health workers (n = 6) in 5 health areas of the Katana health district. …”
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A Case Report of Bowel Perforation in a Gravid COVID-19 Patient by A. T. Guiritan, J. G. Cataluña

“…A 35-year-old female, Gravida 2 Para 1 at 31 weeks age of gestation (AOG) who underwent cesarean section for nonreassuring fetal status in 2019, was admitted for severe COVID-19 infection presenting with dyspnea. …”
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Comparative the impact intraoperative phrenic nerve sacrifice on prognosis patients with thymoma by Hongyun Ruan, Xuehui Shang, Dongjie Yan, Bin Liu, Fangchao Liu, Zhi Yang

“…Methods A total of 209 patients who underwent thymoma resection in the Department of Thoracic Surgery at our hospital from February 2006 to November 2022 were collected for retrospective analysis. …”
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Cytokines in Liver Cirrhosis (Their Importance in Assessing Activity and Decompensation) by G. K. Mirodzhov, S. D. Pulatova

“…The material of the study was the data of clinical-instrumental, biochemical, virological studies of 109 patients with liver cirrhosis of various etiologty, who were hospitalized in the clinic of the Institute of Gastroenterology (Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan). …”
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Mortality and readmission following hip fracture surgery: a retrospective study comparing conventional and fast-track care by Kristin Haugan, Lars G Johnsen, Trude Basso, Olav A Foss

“…Length of stay and time to surgery was statistically significant shorter for patients who received fast-track care, a mean difference of 3.4 days and 6 hours, respectively. …”
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Association between a body shape index and colorectal cancer in US population: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES by Hui Liu, Jialu Kang, Wei Liu, Yongqing Shen

“…Moreover, there is less evidence about the correlation between ABSI and CRC among individuals from different ethnical backgrounds.MethodsA total of 40,998 individuals who took part in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) spanning from 2003 to 2023 were subjected to analysis. …”
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JAUNOSIOS KARTOS KATALIKŲ INTELEKTUALŲ PAŽIŪROS Į KAPITALIZMĄ IR SOCIALIZMĄ TARPUKARIO LIETUVOJE by Valdas Pruskus

“…It is important to form the conditions to everybody to realize this aim in practical activities, considering an individual not a mean to pursue the stated object, but a close person, who needs not only a compassion, but a concrete assistance as well. …”
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Haploidentical stem cell transplantation with posttransplant cyclophosphamide in children with Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome: a case report by Le Nguyen Ngoc Quynh, Binh Nguyen Thanh, Lien Luong Thi, Thuy Nguyen Thi Dieu, Duong Dang Anh, Pamela P. Lee, Tung Cao Viet, Dien Tran Minh

“…This case describes a WAS patient who was early diagnosed and successfully treated with haploidentical HSCT. …”
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Plesiomonas: A Review on Food Safety, Fish-Borne Diseases, and Tilapia by Alejandro De Jesús Cortés-Sánchez, Luis Daniel Espinosa-Chaurand, Mayra Díaz-Ramirez, Erika Torres-Ochoa

“…Food safety is the guarantee that foods will not cause harm to the health of those who consume them, and it is a fundamental property of food quality. …”
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Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Thrombophilic Disorder: A Case Report by Satbir Kaur Malik, Vineetha Naga Lakshmi Giduturi, Sindhuri Goud Nimmala, Vijayashree Gokhale

“…Authors hereby, report a rare and complicated case involving a 44-year-old male patient who experienced Pulmonary Embolism (PE), DVT, IDA and underlying abnormalities in two key anticoagulant proteins: Protein C and Protein S. …”
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The value of FDG-PET/CT metabolic parameters and treatment metabolic response in predicting long-term survival of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by Abbas Yousefikoma, Mohamad Mehdi Karimy Taha

“…Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on patients who suffered DLBCL and assessed by FDG-PET/CT. All patients have been scheduled for first-line therapy, including the R-CHOP regimen (Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunomycin, Oncovin, and Prednisone). …”
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The relation of traumatic childhood experiences with psychological symptoms and self-esteem in physical education and sport students by Azize Atlı Ozbas, Mehmet Kocak, Nermin Gurhan

“…A hundred and five students who agreed participating in the study and filled in the data collection forms fully were recruited the study. …”
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