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Differences in receipt of multimodality therapy by race,insurance status, and socioeconomic disadvantage in patientswith resected pancreatic cancer
(2022-03-10)Background and Methods:Racial and socioeconomic disparities in receipt ofadjuvant chemotherapy affect patients with pancreatic cancer. However, differencesin receipt of neoadjuvant chemotherapy among patients undergoing ... -
Effect of Bariatric Surgery on CKD Risk
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Effectiveness of a Total Meal Replacement Program (OPTIFAST Program) on Weight Loss: Results from the OPTIWIN Study
(2018-11-13)Objective: The aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of the OPTIFAST program (OP), a total meal replacement dietary intervention, compared with a food-based (FB) dietary plan for weight loss. Methods: Participants ... -
Endoscopic cardiac retractors with folding components configured for insertion using minimally invasive access ports and related methods
(2007-07-05)Cardiac retractors include a rod and a foldable blade that can be introduced using minimally invasive access ports such that provided by an intra-thoracic cavity cannula. The rod can be integral to the blade or may be ... -
Endoscopic forceps with prongs and related methods
(2007-07-05)Methods and surgical devices are described that can endoscopially manipulate a length of a suture. A forceps instrument is endoscopically introduced into the body. The forceps instrument includes opposing grasping members ... -
Gastrogastric fistulas. A complication of divided gastric bypass surgery.
(East Carolina University, 1995-04)Objective This report warns that gastrogastric fistulas may follow the division of the stomach in bariatric surgery. Summary Background Data Although surgery is the most effective therapy for morbid obesity, the ... -
Hypothermia in trauma patients: predicting the big chill
(2012)Physicians commonly ignore hypothermia, an often-underappreciated event associated with mortality in trauma patients, in general due to its prevalence and belief that it is secondary to the injury itself (secondary ... -
Identification and Characterization of Optimal Gene Expression Markers for Detection of Breast Cancer Metastasis
(East Carolina University, 2005-08)Sentinel lymph node (SLN) status is highly predictive of overall axillary lymph node involvement in breast cancer. Historically, SLN-positive patients have undergone axillary lymph node dissection in a second ... -
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cancer Clinical Trials
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An in vitro human muscle preparation suitable for metabolic studies. Decreased insulin stimulation of glucose transport in muscle from morbidly obese and diabetic subjects.
(East Carolina University, 1988-08)We have developed an in vitro muscle preparation suitable for metabolic studies with human muscle tissue and have investigated the effects of obesity and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) on glucose transport. ... -
Insulin-like growth factor I binding in hepatocytes from human liver, human hepatoma, and normal, regenerating, and fetal rat liver.
(East Carolina University, 1988-04)Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in human hepatoma cells (HEP-G2) has, in addition to its effect on cell growth, shortterm metabolic effects acting through its own receptor. We have demonstrated that normal ...