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Esophageal perforation secondary to malignant gastric outlet obstruction: a case report
(2019-02-19)
Background
Esophageal perforation is a rare presenting sign of gastric cancer. To date, only nine case reports of this phenomenon have been previously published.
Case presentation
Esophageal perforation was diagnosed ...
An evolutionary perspective on marine invasions
(2019-12-10)
Species distributions are rapidly changing as human globalization increasingly moves organisms to novel environments. In marine systems, species introductions are the result of a number of anthropogenic mechanisms, notably ...
Cap-Independent mRNA Translation in Germ Cells
(2019-01-04)
Cellular mRNAs in plants and animals have a 50-cap structure that is accepted as the
recognition point to initiate translation by ribosomes. Consequently, it was long assumed that the
translation initiation apparatus was ...
Burden of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Over Time and Arterial Stiffness in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study
(2019-07-02)
Background: The incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in children is increasing, resulting in higher burden of cardiovascular diseases due to diabetes mellitus–related vascular dysfunction.
Methods and Results: We ...
Calibrating TrueBeam jaws by considering collimator walk out to improve the dose uniformity at abutting field junctions
(2019-01-11)
Jaw positions on a linear accelerator are calibrated to have accurate field size values over the range of jaw positions and to have excellent junctions when matching fields. It is sufficient to have field size accuracy on ...
Antitumor Mechanism of the Essential Oils from Two Succulent Plants in Multidrug Resistance Leukemia Cell
(2019-08-26)
Drug resistance remains a major challenge in the treatment of cancer. The multiplicity
of the drug resistance determinants raises the question about the optimal strategies to deal with
them. Essential oils showed to ...
A system‐based intervention to reduce Black‐White disparities in the treatment of early stage lung cancer: A pragmatic trial at five cancer centers
(2019-01-11)
Background: Advances in early diagnosis and curative treatment have reduced high
mortality rates associated with non‐small cell lung cancer. However, racial disparity
in survival persists partly because Black patients ...
A Waterfront View of Coastal Hazards: Contextualizing Relationships among Geographic Exposure, Shoreline Type, and Hazard Concerns among Coastal Residents
(2019-11-26)
Coastal communities exist on the front lines of diverse natural hazards and the growing
impacts of climate change. While traditional strategies for dealing with coastal hazards have often
involved the hardening or armoring ...
Antivenom Treatment Is Associated with Fewer Patients using Opioids after Copperhead Envenomation
(2019-03-20)
Introduction
Copperhead envenomation causes local tissue destruction, leading people to seek treatment for the pain and swelling. First-line treatment for the pain is opioid medications. There is rising concern that an ...
Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale in Tardive Dyskinesia:Minimal Clinically Important Difference
(2019-05-27)
Background
A minimal clinically important difference has not been established for the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale in patients with tardive dyskinesia. Valbenazine is a vesicular monoamine transporter 2 inhibitor ...