CME/CE – Conference Highlights: ATS 2021
This course discusses the key findings of five studies presented at the 2021 virtual American...
Smoking & Tobacco Pulmonology
Preoperative 18F-FDG SUVmax >6.3 or Size >2.3 cm of primary lesions predict lymph nodes metastasis with higher negative predictive value in peripheral cT1 non-small-cell lung cancer.
Sublobar resection is suitable for peripheral cT1N0M0 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The traditional PET-CT criterion (lymph node size ≥1.0 cm or SUVmax ≥2.5) for predicting lymph nodes metastasis (LNM) has unsatisfactory...
Oxoplatin-B, a cisplatin-based platinum(IV) complex with photoactive BODIPY for mitochondria specific “chemo-PDT” activity.
Oxoplatin-B, a platinum(IV) complex [Pt(NH)Cl(L)(OH)] (1) of 4-methylbenzoic acid (HL) functionalized with 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) was prepared, characterized and its antitumor activity studied....
CME/CE: Assessing the Effects of Low-Intensity & Nondaily Smoking on Mortality
This course discusses a study that assessed the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in...
Conference Highlights: ATS 2021
New research was presented at ATS 2021, the virtual American Thoracic Society International...
Identification of CXCL13/CXCR5 axis’s crucial and complex effect in human lung adenocarcinoma.
Immune escape and low response to immunotherapy are crucial challenges in present lung cancer treatment. In this study, we constructed a new immune-related classifier based on CXCL13/CXCR5, an important tumor microenvironment...
Associations of parental and peer cross-substance use with 12-17-year-old adolescents’ problematic alcohol use: A parent-child dyadic gender analysis.
Adolescent alcohol use was found to be influenced by parental and peer alcohol use. Drinking behaviors also differed by gender. However, previous studies mainly focused on adolescents’ substance use in relation to the same...
A longitudinal study shows intermittent colonization by Staphylococcus aureus with a high genetic diversity in hemodialysis patients.
Staphylococcus aureus colonization increases the risk of invasive infections in different groups of patients. We analyzed the dynamics and factors associated with S. aureus colonization in hemodialysis patients. A longitudinal...
CME – Conference Highlights: ATS 2020 Virtual
This course discusses the key findings of five studies presented at the online annual American...
CME: The Influence of Parental Marijuana Use on Children
This course discusses a study that sought to determine whether intergenerational associations are...
The Road to Vaping: E-cigarette-Only Susceptibility & Curiosity Among Adolescents
Despite the substantial progress that has been made in reducing conventional cigarette smoking...
CME: Pancreatitis Risk & Tobacco Smoking
This course discusses a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies on...
