Paper List

Herieth Rwezaura

Background: Sustained access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is central to controlling HIV transmission and reducing AIDS-related morbidity and mortality. Recent funding uncertainties and policy shift...

Siem D.A. Herings, Mees F.D. van den Nieuwenhof, Anja G. van der Kolk, Frederick J.A. Meijer, Tom W.J. Scheenen, Dylan J.H.A. Henssen

Purpose: Differentiation between tumor progression (TP) and treatment related abnormalities (TRA) in post-treatment high-grade glioma patients remains a diagnostic challenge. This study investigates i...

Ansley Unterberger, Alex Devarajan, Jack Zhang, Emery Monnig, Akhil Rao, Mehek Dedhia, George Wanna, Joshua Bederson, Raj Shrivastava

Background and Objectives: Vestibular schwannomas (VS) are slow-growing tumors of the vestibular nerve. Gross total resection (GTR) is recommended for large tumors (> 4cm), brainstem compression, cran...

Arman Ghavidel, Pilar Pazos, Hyoshin J. Park, John Seems

Prostate cancer risk prediction remains challenged by the inability to reliably distinguish indolent from aggressive disease, leading to overtreatment or undertreatment. Conventional approaches based ...

Thomas Vasilakis, Simon Schauer, Donata Grajecki, Alexander Wree, Christian Jürgensen, Frank Tacke, Cornelius Engelmann

Purpose Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) - induced ulcer bleeding occurs rarely after variceal ligation, but is potentially life-threatening. Limited data exist regarding incidence across different ...

Lin Chen, Yue Lu, Panpan Qi, Zhonglin Yang, Dongjiang Tang

The detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is crucial for cancer management but remains challenging due to their rarity and heterogeneity. Alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity, particularly from ca...

Faraz Saif, Fakhra Nain Qureshi, Azaz Ahmad, Fakeeda Durrani, Noor Ul Ain Azam, Imad Ullah, Zia Ud Din Ahmed, Asif Riaz Khan

Purpose The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an emerging biomarker for predicting febrile neutropenia (FN) in cancer patients. This study aimed to evaluate the association between pre-treatment...

Olena Usachova, Gennadiy Lezhenko, Olena Pashkova, Anastasiia Tovma, Yelyzaveta Silina, Kateryna Samoylyk

Background Streptococcus pyogenes (group A β-haemolytic streptococcus, GAS) is a common cause of infections in children; however, invasive forms involving the central nervous system are extremely rare...

Nihal Kaya, Şerife Şahin, Alper Külçü, Gizem Tırıs

Background This in vitro study evaluated monomer release from different light-cured composites used for clear aligner attachments over time, assessing the effects of composite type, attachment size an...

Anja Viehmann, Natalia Wege, Verena Leve, Frank Jacobi, Martina Hahn, Walter Hewer, Julia K. Wolff, Frank Schneider, Catharina Scholl, Stefan Wilm, Andrea Icks

Background: Individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) have an increased risk for physical comorbidities, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, leading to reduced life expectancy. The oversha...