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Rheumatoid Arthritis, Frailty, and Outcomes of Surgical Hospitalizations: A National Population‐Based Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Hospitalization, particularly for surgery, represents a period of heightened stress. We evaluated how frailty attenuates the association of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with negative health outcomes after elective noncardiac surgery. Methods We conducted a cross‐sectional study using the National Inpatient Sample (2018 to 2020), including adults
Ali Yazdanyar, Joshua Baker, Katherine D. Wysham, Mohammed Yousufuddin, Farah Acher Kaiksow, Michael M. Ward   +5 more
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Factors associated with delay in diagnosis of oral cancers

Cancer Treatment and Research Communications
Background: Oral cancer is one of the ten most common malignancies in the world and approximately 90 % of cases are OSCC. Despite the progress in available treatment modalities, the mortality of patients with OSCC has remained steadily high during the ...
Deepa Swaminathan, Nebu Abraham George, Shaji Thomas, Elizabeth Mathew Iype   +3 more
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Cancer Trends: Cancers of the head and neck

, 2014
Cancers of the head and neck (H&N) are a heterogeneous group, consisting of cancers of the mouth (base of tongue, other tongue, gum, floor of mouth, palate and other mouth; ICD 10 codes C01–C06); salivary glands (C07–C08); pharynx (tonsil, oropharynx,
National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI)
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Exhaled breath analysis in the diagnosis of head and neck cancer [PDF]

, 2019
Head and neck cancer (HNC) comprises a heterogeneous group of upper aerodigestive tract malignant neoplasms, the most frequent of which is squamous cell carcinoma. HNC forms the eighth most common cancer type and the incidence is increasing.
Nixon, I. J., Nixon, Iain, Almangush, A, Markus Metsälä, Youssef, Omar, Ferlito, Alfio, Vincent Vander Poorten, Metsala, M, Missak Haigentz, Jr., Omar Youssef, Vander, Poorten V, Juan P. Rodrigo, Mäkitie, Antti, Vander Poorten, V., Haigentz, Missak, Metsala, Markus, Rodrigo Tapia, Juan Pablo, Rodrigo, Juan P., Nixon, IJ, Almangush, A., Metsälä, M., Suvi Silén, Youssef, O, Silen, S, Nabil F. Saba, Silen, Suvi, Iain J. Nixon, Missak Haigentz, Ferlito, A., Alfio Ferlito, Silén, S., Makitie, AA, Saba, Nabil F., Nixon, Iain J., Mäkitie, A. A., Saba, N. F., Makitie, Antti A., Almangush, Alhadi, Antti A. Mäkitie, Youssef, O., Vander Poorten, Vincent, Rodrigo, JP, Saba, NF, Alhadi Almangush, Haigentz, MJ   +44 more
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Microfluidic Nano‐Assembly of Red‐Blood‐Cell (RBC) Lipids and Components for Engineering Extracellular Vesicles

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Engineered red blood cell‐derived extracellular vesicles (eRBCEVs) are synthesized via controlled microfluidic assembly from native RBC lipids, enabling tunable encapsulation of proteins, nucleic acids, nanoparticles, and viral vectors. The platform demonstrates reproducible nanoscale architecture, preserved membrane composition, and functional cargo ...
Chiranth K. Nagaraj, Xilal Y. Rima, Kim T. Nguyen, Courtney Culkins, Nana Boateng, Jacob Doon‐Ralls, Alejandro Bresolin, Xin Huang, Hong Li, Vahedi Amid, Ajeet Pal Singh, Dharti Shantaram, Anastasiia Amari, Mangesh D. Hade, Nicholas R. Merriam, Zachary D. Schultz, Scott Q. Harper, Nizar Y. Saad, Setty M. Magaña, Willa A. Hsueh, Rachel E. Kopec, Blaise R. Kimmel, Andre F. Palmer, Eduardo Reátegui   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lived experience of having lymphedema after treatment of head and neck cancer: a qualitative study

BMC Cancer
Background Head and neck lymphedema (HNL) is an accumulation of interstitial protein-rich fluid. During treatment for head and neck cancer (HNC), lymphatic vessels may be removed or damaged, causing a decrease in the function of the lymphatic system ...
Coralie R. Arends, Lisette van der Molen, Michiel W.M. van den Brekel, Martijn M. Stuiver, Klaske van Sluis   +4 more
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Secondary head and neck cancer in patients with history of hematological malignancy

, 2013
Background: Head and neck cancer is a common second cancer in patients with a history of hematological malignancies. The purpose of this study was present the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of this group of patients.
Chan, JYW, Ho, WK, Wei, WI, Tsang, RKY, Ho, ACW, To, VSH, Chung, JCK   +6 more
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Continuum Robots in Surgery: From Engineering Design to Clinical Practice

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
The hyper‐redundant nature of continuum robot structures enables near‐infinite degrees of freedom leading to immense potential for medical applications. This review provides a historical background of continuum robots and novel ideas shaping their progress to current structural design, sensing technology, modeling techniques, and control methods.
Griffin Smith, Kaitlyn Clancy, Siwen Xie, Xiaochen Li, Sarah Khalife, Benjamin van der Woerd, Onaizah Onaizah   +6 more
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Gefitinib and Radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced inoperable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck [PDF]

, 2008
Introduction: Gefitinib, an orally active epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor, induces growth arrest in squamous cancer cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN) cell lines mainly by blocking cells in G1 and preventing them ...
Romano, Carmela
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Skip metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma is difficult to predict in clinical practice

BMC Cancer, 2017
Background Cervical lymph node metastases are very common in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and typically spread in a predictable stepwise fashion in clinical practice. However, lateral lymph node metastasis (LLNM) without central lymph node metastasis (
Xilin Nie, Zhou Tan, Minghua Ge
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