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Sex disparities in head & neck cancer driver genes: An analysis of the TCGA dataset.

Mar 09, 2020

Survival in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has been associated with patient sex, typically with males experiencing poorer outcomes. It is unclear if this disparity is based in divergent...

Prevalence and Detection of Sexually Transmitted Cases of Laryngeal Carcinoma.

Mar 09, 2020

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is among the reported etiologies of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). Understanding the impact of HPV on LSCC may help reduce its incidence. This study investigates ...

Prognosis of acute coronary syndromes after radiotherapy for breast cancer.

Mar 09, 2020

Breast cancer patients treated with radiotherapy are at increased risk of subsequent acute coronary syndromes (ACS). We aimed to study if radiotherapy also influences the prognosis of these ACS.We inc...

Markers of microbial translocation during pregnancy: differences among HIV+ women of African and European provenance.

Mar 09, 2020

Microbial translocation (MT) markers are indicators of HIV-related immune activation, but reference values are mostly derived from European or North American populations and could be substantially dif...

Health-related quality of life in Japanese patients with prostate cancer following proton beam therapy: an institutional cohort study.

Mar 05, 2020

Many treatment options have guaranteed long-term survival in patients with localized prostate cancer and health-related quality of life has become a greater concern for those patients. The purpose of ...

The impact of prior prolapse repairs on surgical outcomes with minimally invasive sacral colpopexy.

Mar 05, 2020

To determine whether prior prolapse repair has an impact on operative time, surgical complications, and prolapse recurrence with minimally invasive sacral colpopexy (MISC).This was a retrospective stu...

Urinary incontinence in a fitness club setting-is it a workout problem?

Mar 05, 2020

The aims of the present study were to report longitudinal data on the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) in a fitness club setting and to investigate whether gym members are educated about and ex...

Effect of oestrogen therapy on faecal incontinence in postmenopausal women: a systematic review.

Mar 05, 2020

Faecal incontinence (FI) is prevalent in postmenopausal women. Oestrogen receptors have been identified in the anal sphincter and have been implicated in the pathogenesis and potential treatment. We s...

Minimally invasive versus standard endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery for renal stones: a retrospective pilot study analysis.

Mar 05, 2020

The effect of combining miniaturization with endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery (ECIRS) is unclear. Thus, we compared the treatment outcomes between minimally invasive ECIRS (mini-ECIRS) using 16....

A cross-sectional study on dental surgeons' immune status against hepatitis B virus in the Public Health System.

Mar 05, 2020

Hepatitis B is a severe public health problem. The main world health centers have discussed it due to its pandemic proportion, high pathogenicity and infectivity. This study aimed to determine the imm...

Who Is Scared of a Needle? An Exploration of Italian Children's Knowledge and Perceptions About the HPV Vaccine.

Mar 05, 2020

Receiving the HPV vaccine at a young age before being exposed to the virus is essential to improve HPV-related cancer prevention. In many countries in the world, like Italy, the HPV vaccine is offered...

Efficacy of oral antiviral drugs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus: a network meta-analysis.

Mar 05, 2020

Hepatitis B is a serious global health problem. Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major risk factor in the endemicity of HBV infection. Oral antiviral drugs are recom...

Virus-Mediated Suppression of the Antigen Presentation Molecule MR1.

Mar 05, 2020

The antigen-presenting molecule MR1 presents microbial metabolites related to vitamin B2 biosynthesis to mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAIT cells). Although bacteria and fungi drive the MR1 ...

Comparative proteomic analyses of the liver in D-galactosamine-sensitized mice treated with different Toll-like receptor agonists.

Mar 05, 2020

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a severe consequence of abrupt hepatocyte injury and has lethal outcomes. Three Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists, including polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid [poly(I:C)], l...

Effects of Sevoflurane Exposure During Late Pregnancy on Brain Development and Beneficial Effects of Enriched Environment on Offspring Cognition.

Mar 05, 2020

Sevoflurane is a widely used obstetric general anesthetic, but the neurotoxic effects of late-pregnancy exposure to one minimum alveolar concentration ([MAC], 2.5%) of sevoflurane on offspring remain ...

Blastocyst formation rate for Asians versus Caucasians and within body mass index categories.

Mar 05, 2020

There are well-documented racial and ethnic disparities for in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes, including disparities in clinical pregnancy and live birth rate. Obesity has also been associated wit...

Overexpression of tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 attenuates trophoblast proliferation and invasion in preeclampsia.

Mar 05, 2020

Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a disorder of pregnancy characterized by proteinuria and high blood pressure, affecting 2-8% of pregnancies worldwide. Previous studies have shown that PE is closely associated w...

Influence of Gestational Weight Gain on the Risk of Preterm Birth for Underweight Women Living in Food Deserts.

Mar 05, 2020

 Preterm birth (PTB) and food insecurity are two of the most significant public health crises in the United States. Effects of being underweight among populations with low food security are not well...

Omphalocele in Finland from 1993 to 2014: Trends, Prevalence, Mortality, and Associated Malformations-A Population-Based Study.

Mar 05, 2020

 The aim of this study is to assess the changes in prevalence, mortality and termination pregnancy of omphalocele, and to identify associated anomalies. A population-based nationwide register stud...

The Emerging Role of Neutral Argon Plasma (PlasmaJet) in the Treatment of Advanced Stage Ovarian Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Mar 05, 2020

. To evaluate the contribution of PlasmaJet application in achieving optimal cytoreduction in advanced ovarian cancer. . We systematically searched for articles published up to June 2019 using MEDLINE...

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