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Impact of radiographer immediate reporting of chest X-rays from general pract...
Abstract Background Diagnostic capacity and suboptimal logistics are consistently identified as barriers to timely diagnosis of cancer, especially lung cancer. Immediate chest... -
Centralising specialist cancer surgery services in England: survey of factors...
Abstract Background The centralisation of specialist cancer surgical services across London Cancer and Greater Manchester Cancer, England, may significantly change how patients... -
Confident gene activity prediction based on single histone modification H2BK5...
Abstract Background The histones in the core of nucleosomes may be subject to covalent post-transcriptional modifications. These modifications are thought to correlate with and... -
Two subphenotypes of septic acute kidney injury are associated with different...
Abstract Background The pathophysiology of septic acute kidney injury is inadequately understood. Recently, subphenotypes for... -
PROX1 and β-catenin are prognostic markers in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Abstract Background The Wnt/β-catenin pathway has a key role in regulating cellular processes and its aberrant signaling can lead... -
The regional association between bronchiectasis and lung cancer in chest CT
Abstract Background Limited studies have examined the association between lung cancer and bronchiectasis (BE). This study evaluated the regional association between BE and lung... -
The cotton GhWIN2 gene activates the cuticle biosynthesis pathway and influen...
Abstract Background Metabolic pathways are interconnected and yet relatively independent. Genes involved in metabolic modules are required for the modules to run. Study of the... -
The use of multi-criteria decision making models in evaluating anesthesia met...
Abstract Background Determining the most suitable anesthesia method for circumcision surgery plays a fundamental role in pediatric surgery. This study is aimed to present... -
Nasal carriage of common bacterial pathogens among healthy kindergarten child...
Abstract Background Nasal colonization with bacterial pathogens is associated with risk of invasive respiratory tract infections, but the related information for Chinese healthy... -
Association of the lupus low disease activity state (LLDAS) with health-relat...
Abstract Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with significant impairment of health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). Recently, meeting a definition of a... -
Comparison of performance of specific (SLEQOL) and generic (SF36) health-rela...
Abstract Background The utility of generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaires in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is uncertain. We compared... -
Association between C-reactive protein and radiotherapy-related pain in a tri...
Abstract Background Post-surgery adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) significantly improves clinical outcomes in breast cancer patients; however, some patients develop cancer or... -
Evaluating the interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meeting: a survey ...
Abstract Background Multidisciplinary meetings (MDM) are the current â gold standardâ in interstitial lung disease (ILD) diagnosis and comprise inter-disciplinary discussion... -
Multiethnic genome-wide association study identifies ethnic-specific associat...
Abstract Background Genome-wide association studies of obesity have typically assumed fixed genetic effects across ethnicities, rarely attempting to thoroughly compare and... -
Assessment of longitudinal distribution of subclinical atherosclerosis in fem...
Abstract Background Lower extremity peripheral artery disease has become a significant health burden worldwide. Since the treatment strategies can be different if... -
Relationship of sarcopenia with steatohepatitis and advanced liver fibrosis i...
Abstract Background Several studies have emerged indicating that sarcopenia is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, we aimed to systematically review and quantify... -
Cross cultural adaptation and validation of the Malay Kidney Disease Quality ...
Abstract Background In Malaysia, the prevalence of chronic kidney disease is high (9.1%). To date, no questionnaire that specifically assesses the health-related quality of life...
