Background. Each year, the US Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Network examines the
effectiveness of influenza vaccines in preventing medically attended acute respiratory illnesses …

Importance Given recent advances in screening mammography and adjuvant therapy (treatment),
quantifying their separate and combined effects on US breast cancer mortality …

BACKGROUND: Thyroidectomy has traditionally been performed as an inpatient hospital
procedure, but low risk and high patient tolerance make it acceptable as an outpatient …

Objective— Metabolic stress in obesity induces endothelial inflammation and activation,
which initiates adipose tissue inflammation, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular diseases. …

Objective: To determine the impact of RAS mutation status on the traditional clinical score (t-CS)
to predict survival after resection of colorectal liver metastases (CLM). Background: The t…

Background and purpose Circulating lymphocytes are exquisitely sensitive to radiation
exposure, even to low scattered doses which can vary drastically between radiation modalities. …

Background : Pericardial effusion (PE) is common in cancer patients, but the optimal
therapeutic approach is not well defined. Percutaneous pericardiocentesis is less invasive than …

Oxidation products and tocol homologues were monitored in oils during chicken frying to
determine the discarding point of highly used frying oils. Oils were heated without chicken for …

Purpose: To assess whether radiation treatment modality with proton beam therapy (PBT) or
intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is associated with lymphopenia in patients …

Purpose To determine dosimetric parameters associated with osteoradionecrosis (ORN) in
oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) patients in the IMRT era. Material and methods Subsequent to …