Exploring patient and clinician perspectives on the benefits and risks of emerging therapies for the treatment of haemophilia: a qualitative study by Spoors John, Payne Katherine, Wright Stuart, Horsley Will, Bell Sadie, Cairns John

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Cancer stem cell populations are resistant to 5-aminolevulinic acid-photodynamic therapy (5-ALA-PDT) by Chantel P. J. Rice, Vipin Shankar Chelakkot, Noah T. Conohan, Kensuke Hirasawa

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Afraid of the dentist? There's an app for that: Development and usability testing of a cognitive behavior therapy-based mobile app. by Kelly A Daly, Kiara A Diaz-Gutierrez, Armon Beheshtian, Richard E Heyman, Amy M Smith Slep, Mark S Wolff

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>Although several brief cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)-based treatments for dental fear have proven efficacious, these interventions remain largely unavailable outside of the specialty clinics in which they were developed. …”
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The role of intestinal ultrasound with colour Doppler in predicting the response to biologic therapy in inflammatory bowel disease patients by Mohamed Ali El-Nady, Nour Eldeen El-Hefny, Hayam Fathy, Wageeh Ali, Ahmed Mohammed Ashmawy

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PSMA PET/CT Identifies Intrapatient Variation in Salivary Gland Toxicity From Iodine-131 Therapy by Vineet Mohan MSc, Wouter V. Vogel MD, PhD, Gerlof D. Valk MD, PhD, Jan P. de Boer MD, PhD, Marnix G. E. H. Lam MD, PhD, Bart de Keizer MD, PhD

“…We aimed to assess gland-specific salivary gland toxicity after 131 I-therapy using PSMA PET/CT. Methods: Five patients with differentiated thyroid cancer underwent [ 68 Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT to evaluate their eligibility for peptide radioligand therapy with [ 177 Lu]Lu-PSMA-617. …”
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Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Exercise Therapy on the Motor Function in Stroke Patients with Hemiplegia by Wani ZHOU, Lei ZHANG, Rundong LI, Kaiquan XU, Chengji WU

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A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single-Session Digital Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention by Michael E. Levin, Miriam N. Mukasa, Emily M. Bowers, Korena S. Klimczak, Ty B. Aller

Subjects: “…acceptance and commitment therapy…”
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The Four Pillars for Successful Regenerative Therapy in Endodontics: Stem Cells, Biomaterials, Growth Factors, and Their Synergistic Interactions by C. Brizuela, George T.-J. Huang, A. Diogenes, T. Botero, M. Khoury

“…Endodontics has made significant progress in regenerative approaches in recent years, thanks to advances in biologically based procedures or regenerative endodontic therapy (RET). In recent years, our profession has witnessed a clear conceptual shift in this therapy. …”
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Promotional tone in reviews of menopausal hormone therapy after the Women's Health Initiative: an analysis of published articles. by Adriane Fugh-Berman, Christina Pike McDonald, Alicia M Bell, Emily Catherine Bethards, Anthony R Scialli

“…<h4>Background</h4>Even after the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) found that the risks of menopausal hormone therapy (hormone therapy) outweighed benefit for asymptomatic women, about half of gynecologists in the United States continued to believe that hormones benefited women's health. …”
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Regenerative Therapy of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: From Pancreatic Islet Transplantation to Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Nadine E. Rekittke, Meidjie Ang, Divya Rawat, Rahul Khatri, Thomas Linn

“…MSCs are recognized to meet the demand of an individual therapy not raising the concerns of embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells for therapy.…”
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Retrospective study of long-term outcomes of enzyme replacement therapy in Fabry disease: Analysis of prognostic factors. by Maarten Arends, Marieke Biegstraaten, Derralynn A Hughes, Atul Mehta, Perry M Elliott, Daniel Oder, Oliver T Watkinson, Frédéric M Vaz, André B P van Kuilenburg, Christoph Wanner, Carla E M Hollak

“…Despite enzyme replacement therapy, disease progression is observed in patients with Fabry disease. …”
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Management of CAR-T cell therapy in patients with multiple myeloma: a systematic review and expert consensus in Australia by P. Joy Ho, Hang Quach, M. Hasib Sidiqi, M. Hasib Sidiqi, Cindy H. Lee, Jason Butler, Andrew Spencer, Kenneth Micklethwaite, Kenneth Micklethwaite, Kenneth Micklethwaite, Kenneth Micklethwaite, Jingya Li, Elissa Cusson, Robert Bagnall, Simon J. Harrison

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Therapeutic Potential of Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitors, Geldanamycin, and Analog Compounds in Precision Cancer Therapy by Atta Mohammed Alzebari, Amjad Mahmood Qadir, Mahmood Sherzad Rafaat, Abbas Salihi

“…Over 120 clinical trials have been carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of HSP90 inhibitors as a supplementary therapy for different types of tumor cells. Presently, ongoing research is being carried out to acquire an understanding of innovative and more efficacious methods for treating cancer. …”
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Steroids Decrease Prevalence of Positive Tuberculin Skin Test in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Implications on Anti-TNF Therapies by Shweta Agarwal, Siddharth Kumar Das, Girdhar G. Agarwal, Ragini Srivastava

“…Demographics, disease activity, disease duration, and therapy were recorded. All patients underwent TST. …”
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Clinical and Microbiological Efficacy of Adjunctive Systemic Quinolones to Mechanical Therapy in Periodontitis: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Carlos-M. Ardila, Jader-Alexander Bedoya-García

“…To assess the clinical and microbiological efficacy of systemic quinolones adjunctive to mechanical therapy in periodontitis patients. Materials and Methods. …”
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Treatment Buddies Improve Clinic Attendance among Women but Not Men on Antiretroviral Therapy in the Nyanza Region of Kenya by Charles Kibaara, Cinthia Blat, Jayne Lewis-Kulzer, Starley Shade, Patrick Mbullo, Craig R. Cohen, Elizabeth A. Bukusi

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Clinical Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave on Hand Function Recovery after Conservative Therapy of Colles Fracture by Chao ZHANG, Bin HE

“…Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on the hand function recovery on patients with Colles fracture after conservative therapy.Methods:A total of 24 patients with Colles fractures who had treated with manipulative reduction and gypsum bandage fixation were randomly divided into ESWT group and control group, with 12 cases in each group. …”
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Mitochondria-Targeting and Oxygen Self-Supplying Eccentric Hollow Nanoplatform for Enhanced Breast Cancer Photodynamic Therapy by Jing Li, Yu Wang, Jun Tao, Xiaodan Su, Feipeng Zhu, Wei Lu, Xiaolin Han, Meng Dang, Lixing Weng

“…Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has received increasing attention for tumor therapy due to its minimal invasiveness and spatiotemporal selectivity. …”
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Evaluation for Retinal Therapy for RPE65 Variation Assessed in hiPSC Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells by Benjamin M. Nash, To Ha Loi, Milan Fernando, Amin Sabri, James Robinson, Anson Cheng, Steven S. Eamegdool, Elizabeth Farnsworth, Bruce Bennetts, John R. Grigg, Seo-Kyung Chung, Anai Gonzalez-Cordero, Robyn V. Jamieson

“…Results from this study led to reclassification of the synonymous variant to a pathogenic variant, providing the affected patients with access to RPE65 gene replacement therapy.…”
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Efficacy and safety of dual-targeted therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: a retrospective multicenter study in China by Xiuxiu Jin, Kefang Sun, Liying Wang, Haiyan Shen, Dan Ma, Tejia Shen, Chunxiao Chen, Lan Li

“…The primary endpoint was clinical remission based on the Harvey–Bradshaw index or patient-reported outcome 2 after at least 4 months of combination therapy. The secondary endpoints included clinical response, endoscopic response, and endoscopic remission, as well as all adverse events that occurred within the period of combination therapy. …”
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