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Pembrolizumab in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer of performance status 2 (PePS2): a single arm, phase 2 trial.

Mar 23, 2020

Therapeutic blockade of the axis of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1) has transformed the management of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Clinical trials with pembrolizumab have ...

Factors associated with the risk for falls in PACE participants.

Mar 23, 2020

The purpose was to determine the relationship between frailty, fear of falling, and depression with falls risk in vulnerable community-dwelling older adults.A cross-sectional correlational design and ...

Assessment of pelvic floor muscles in sportswomen: Quality of life and related factors.

Mar 23, 2020

To evaluate Maximum Voluntary Contraction (MVC) of the Pelvic Floor Muscles (PFM) in sportswomen, to observe the urinary symptoms and their impact on the Quality of Life (QoL).Observational cross-sect...

In situ hybridization revealed wide distribution of Haliotid herpesvirus 1 in infected small abalone, Haliotis diversicolor supertexta.

Mar 23, 2020

Ganglioneuritis was the primary pathologic change in infected abalone associated with Haliotid herpesvirus 1 (HaHV-1) infection, which eventually became known as abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG). H...

HEV infection in an Italian cohort of HSCT recipients: seroprevalence and infection.

Mar 23, 2020

Chronic hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients is an emerging threat. The aim of this study was to provide data on HEV burden in an Italian cohort of...

High hepatitis B virus screening rate among patients receiving systemic anticancer treatment in Japan.

Mar 23, 2020

Patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection have a risk of reactivation after chemotherapy. All patients undergoing chemotherapy should be screened for HBV infection. No large-scale studies have b...

Follicular flushing versus direct aspiration in poor responder IVF patients: a randomized prospective study.

Mar 23, 2020

To compare follicular flushing with a double-lumen needle with direct aspiration on the number of oocytes collected in a poor responder population in IVF.We conducted a randomized controlled prospecti...

Psychological predictors of gestational outcomes in second trimester pregnant women: associations with daily uplifts.

Mar 23, 2020

We investigated whether pregnancy/birth anxiety is associated with shorter gestation while maternal chronic stress and depressive symptoms are associated with lower birth weight; we also examined whet...

Preeclampsia and Glomerulonephritis: A Bidirectional Association.

Mar 23, 2020

We focus on the current understanding of preeclampsia (PE) in order to examine how it mediates glomerular injury and affects the course of glomerulonephritis (GNs). In addition, this review discusses ...

Transcriptional factor Yin Yang 1 facilitates the stemness of ovarian cancer via suppressing miR-99a activity through enhancing its deacetylation level.

Mar 23, 2020

The promoting effects of transcriptional factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) have been confirmed in various tumors, however, its roles in ovarian cancer (OC) progression are still unclear. Here, Kaplan-Meier Plot...

A case of primary ovarian signet-ring cell carcinoma treated with S-1/CDDP therapy.

Mar 23, 2020

Primary ovarian signet-ring cell carcinoma is extremely rare, with only five recent case reports. Almost all reported cases of ovarian signet-ring cell carcinoma have been treated with TC therapy and ...

Ovarian cancer stem cells: ready for prime time?

Mar 23, 2020

The role of cancer stem cells (CSC) remains controversial and increasingly subject of investigation as a potential oncogenetic platform with promising therapeutic implications. Understanding the role ...

Human ovarian cancer intrinsic mechanisms regulate lymphocyte activation in response to immune checkpoint blockade.

Mar 23, 2020

Immune checkpoint blocking antibodies are currently being tested in ovarian cancer (OC) patients and have shown some responses in early clinical trials. However, it remains unclear how human OC cancer...

Mechanism of inositol-requiring enzyme 1-alpha inhibition in endoplasmic reticulum stress and apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells.

Mar 23, 2020

IRE1α endonuclease is a key regulator of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress that controls cell survival/apoptosis in cancers. Inhibition of IRE1α endonuclease leads to decreased splice XBP1 which dec...

Systematic review of acceptability, cardiovascular, neurological, bone health and HRT outcomes following risk reducing surgery in BRCA carriers.

Mar 23, 2020

Primary surgical prevention in the form of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) is the most effective option and the gold standard for ovarian cancer (OC) risk-reduction, particularly given the ...

[Association between osteoporosis and severe periodontal attachment loss in postmenopausal women].

Mar 23, 2020

To investigate the association between osteoporosis and severe periodontal attachment loss in postmenopausal women. One hundred and ninety-five postmenopausal women aged 50-65 years old were include...

Clinical management of ageing people living with HIV in Europe: the view of the care providers.

Mar 23, 2020

Although guidelines for the management of HIV infection include recommendations for aging people living with HIV (PLWH), clinical practice of European HIV care providers may vary.We performed a study ...

Early transient suppression of immune checkpoint proteins T-cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 and programmed cell death-1 in peripheral blood lymphocytes after blastocyst transfer is associated with successful implantation.

Mar 23, 2020

To compare the changing peripheral levels of immune checkpoint proteins T-cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 (Tim-3)/galectin-9 (Gal-9), and programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) o...

Inhibition of autophagy in theca cells induces CYP17A1 and PAI-1 expression via ROS/p38 and JNK signalling during the development of polycystic ovary syndrome.

Mar 23, 2020

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a clinical syndrome characterized by hyperandrogenism, oligo/anovulation, and polycystic ovary. Autophagy is an intracellular system that degrades cytosolic protein...

Diets with lower carbohydrate concentrations improve insulin sensitivity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A meta-analysis.

Mar 23, 2020

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are associated with increased levels of insulin resistance (IR). Other than treatment with insulin-sensitizing drugs, specialized diets have also been imple...

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