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HER2 receptor conversion is a strong survival predictor in patients with breast cancer brain metastases.

Jun 03, 2021

Hormone and HER2/neu receptor status is prognostic and predictive in breast cancer (BC) and guides the choice of therapy. Due to receptor conversion, receptor conversion may differ in metastases compa...

European trends in breast cancer mortality, 1980-2017 and predictions to 2025.

Jun 03, 2021

Breast cancer mortality in European women has been falling for three decades. We analysed trends in mortality from breast cancer in Europe over the period 1980-2017 and predicted number of deaths and ...

Receipt of guideline-concordant care among young adult women with breast cancer.

Jun 03, 2021

Little is known about the real-world care of young adult (YA) females (aged 20-39 years) with breast cancer. This study describes factors associated with the receipt of guideline-concordant care (GCC...

Innovating patient care and gynecologic surgery instruction through tele-education.

Jun 03, 2021

Effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic prompted the need for rapid, flexible change in the delivery of care, education, and commitment to the well-being of obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN)...

Sex- and age differences in lower urinary tract dysfunction in healthy children.

May 31, 2021

Information about healthy children's urinary tract symptoms is scarce but would be helpful in children with congenital urinary tract conditions. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a Low...

Randomized controlled trial of home biofeedback therapy versus office biofeedback therapy for fecal incontinence.

May 31, 2021

Biofeedback therapy is useful for treatment of fecal incontinence (FI), but is not widely available and labor intensive. We investigated if home biofeedback therapy (HBT) is non-inferior to office bio...

Long-term sequelae of congenital gambiense human African trypanosomiasis.

May 31, 2021

The clinical presentation of gambiense human African trypanosomias (gHAT) is generally considered to be the same among children and adults. In general, when describing the clinical presentation of chi...

Assessment of Significant Bacteriuria, Bacterial Profile and Pyuria among Pregnant Women with Urinary Tract Symptoms in Enugu, South-Eastern Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study.

May 31, 2021

Urinary tract symptoms are common in pregnancy; thus, symptom-based diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) might not be accurate. Such women are often exposed to antibiotics without urine culture ...

Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices among Mothers of Children 6-23 Months Old Attending the Immunisation Clinic of a Private Tertiary Health Institution in Nigeria.

May 31, 2021

Globally, childhood malnutrition remains a major public health issue. It is thus imperative to contextually analyse Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices in resource-poor settings like Niger...

The Platelet to Lymphocyte and Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratios in Predicting Response to Platinum-based Chemotherapy for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.

May 31, 2021

The patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer have higher factors complicating surgery; thus, the best choice for them is surgery with chemotherapy with six cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy. Generall...

Sonosensitizer-Functionalized Graphene Nanoribbons for Adhesion Blocking and Sonodynamic Ablation of Ovarian Cancer Spheroids.

May 31, 2021

Advanced stage ovarian cancer is challenging to treat due to widespread seeding of tumor spheroids throughout the mesothelial lining of the peritoneal cavity. In this work, a therapeutic strategy usin...

Ga-FAPI-PET/CT in patients with various gynecological malignancies.

May 31, 2021

Ga-FAPI (fibroblast activation protein inhibitor) is a novel and highly promising radiotracer for PET/CT imaging. The aim of this retrospective analysis is to explore the potential of FAPI-PET/CT in g...

Effects of synbiotic supplementation and lifestyle modifications on women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

May 31, 2021

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy affecting women of reproductive age.This study was designed to evaluate effects of lifestyle modifications and synbiotic supplementat...

Association between Family Function and Psychological Wellbeing among Infertile Women. Attending Yusuf Dantsoho Memorial Hospital, Kaduna, North Western Nigeria.

May 31, 2021

Infertility could be a life crisis with a wide range of social, emotional and psychological problems. This study aimed to contribute towards improving the health outcomes of infertile women by determi...

Is there a shared genetic basis and causal relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and psychiatric disorders: evidence from a comprehensive genetic analysis.

May 31, 2021

Is there a shared genetic basis or causal relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and a range of psychiatric disorders?Genome-wide genetic correlation analysis and bidirectional Mendelia...

Total long-chain polyunsaturated n-3 fatty acids level is an independent predictive factor of breast cancer multifocality in women with positive hormone-receptors tumors.

May 31, 2021

In a previous pilot study, we showed that polyunsaturated n-3 fatty acids of breast adipose tissues were associated with breast cancer multifocality. In the present study, we investigated biochemical,...

Furin-instructed aggregated gold nanoparticles for re-educating tumor associated macrophages and overcoming breast cancer chemoresistance.

May 31, 2021

Insufficient drug accumulation and chemoresistance remain two major challenges in cancer chemotherapy. Herein, we designed a furin-responsive aggregated nanoplatform loaded with doxorubicin (DOX) and ...

Serum concentrations of organochlorine pesticides, biomarkers of oxidative stress, and risk of breast cancer.

May 31, 2021

Studies have documented that exposure to organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) is linked with breast cancer, but the underlying biological mechanisms are still unknown. This study included 313 women diagno...

Reported Case Numbers and Variability in Delivery Route and Volume by Obstetrician-Gynecologist Residents from 2003 to 2019.

May 31, 2021

The obstetric landscape in the United States has changed over the past several decades, during which there has been a decline in number of operative vaginal deliveries (OVD) performed. Obstetrician-gy...

Acceptability of Text Messaging and Disparities in Mobile Health Access in Women's Health Care: A Survey Study.

May 31, 2021

Few studies in women's health care have utilized text messaging as a data collection tool. Our aims were to (1) determine the willingness of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob/Gyn) patients to participate...

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